U.S. judge grants more time for accused Tucson

A federal judge has granted prison doctors four more months to attempt to restore the mental competency of the man charged with a deadly shooting spree in Arizona that gravely wounded then-Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords last year.

U.S. District Judge Larry Burns granted on Monday a request by prosecutors to extend Jared Loughner’s confinement in a prison hospital in Missouri, citing a report by the accused gunman’s psychologist that he was making “measureable progress” in treatment aimed at allowing him to eventually stand trial.