Reagan shooter wants more time outside hospital

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is asking to spend more time outside a Washington mental hospital, but a government lawyer says John Hinckley's request is premature and that he recently lied to cover up the fact he looked at books on Reagan and presidential assassinations.

A jury found Hinckley was insane when he shot and wounded Reagan outside a Washington hotel in 1981, but doctors say his mental illness has been in remission for years. On Wednesday, a federal judge began hearing arguments that Hinckley should be allowed to visit his mother's Virginia home for stretches of approximately three weeks and eventually transition to living …