One of the brothers behind a string of fatal home robberies told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it was wrong to put him on death row without letting a jury hear about the difficult circumstances of his childhood.
Read more(CN) – U.S. military veterans who served after 9/11 are much more likely to have been in combat zones than
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It haunts him. The face, its expression blank. No sign of anger, no flicker of excitement or worry. A numbness. He sought help.
Read moreAn Iraq War veteran deliberately drove into a group of pedestrians because he thought some of the people were Muslim, California authorities said Friday.
Read moreAn Army veteran with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder was on his way to a Bible class when he told investigators he intentionally drove into a group of men, women and children, injuring eight people, police said.
Read morePolice say a driver who veered into a crosswalk and injured eight pedestrians in California did not say why he did it but indicated the act was intentional.
Read moreArmy veterans who claim the military did not give “liberal consideration” to diagnoses of post-traumatic stress disorder while reviewing disciplinary decisions can proceed in their lawsuit as a class, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreNavy and Marine Corps veterans who say that the military shirks its duty to review disciplinary decisions, essentially creating life sentences for actions done in the heat of battle, can proceed in their lawsuit as a class, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
Read moreAn actor’s lawsuit arising from an “NCIS: New Orleans” armed robbery that was staged by CBS and ended with local police officers arriving to the scene with guns drawn has been sent back to the Louisiana court it was originally filed in.
Read moreTwo mothers and one grandmother filed a federal class action Wednesday claiming Illinois’ lack of regulations to curtail gun trafficking disproportionately affects kids in black communities.
Read moreA federal judge in Connecticut ordered treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by two immigrant children who were forcibly separated from their parents at the U.S. border, in addition to their immediate reunification.
Read moreA New Jersey police officer may be entitled to accidental disability benefits after he watched three teenagers die in a car explosion and saw their “melted” skin after the flames were put out, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreMissouri marijuana proponents scored a victory Tuesday as the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana.
Read moreA former Marine suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder accused the Naval Discharge Review Board in a federal class action Friday of shirking its duty to ensure that disciplinary decisions made in the heat of battle do not result in life sentences for young veterans.
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A new look at research into cannabis as a treatment for chronic pain and post-traumatic stress disorder offers no definitive conclusions for or against the much-touted treatment, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said Monday.
Read moreA guest of the Trump International Hotel who was arrested on weapons charges agreed to seek psychiatric treatment as a term of pretrial release Friday.
Read moreA Washington judge on Thursday temporarily released a Pennsylvania doctor who was arrested at the Trump International Hotel with a rifle in his car, despite a prosecutor saying the man came to the Capitol under “concerning circumstances.”
Read moreThe family of a black Air Force veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder claim in court that a police officer used excessive force in trying to subdue him during an non-violent episode, causing his death.
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A retired Marine corporal who bagged up pieces of dead soldiers in a mortuary affairs unit in Iraq brought a class action for thousands of veterans he claims are being cheated out of disability benefits.
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