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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a hearing to determine if a Wyoming man is competent to stand trial in the slaying of a couple on Montana’s Crow Indian Reservation.

U.S. District Judge Susan Watters scheduled the hearing in the case of Jesus Deniz Mendoza for Nov. 21.

Authorities last week submitted the results of a mental examination of Mendoza to the court. Watters sealed the...