13 h. ago Man found guilty of attempting to murder Salman Rushdie after stabbing him multiple times in vicious New York lecture attack

Hadi Matar, 27, was found guilty after a little less than two hours of deliberations following a trial in Chautauqua County Court, New York.

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14 h. ago Man found guilty of attempted murder of novelist Salman Rushdie

Rushdie was stabbed with a knife multiple times in the head and neck

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14 h. ago Salman Rushdie trial: Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill author

The British-American novelist was seriously wounded and blinded in one eye in the August 2022 attack. Hadi Matar pleaded not guilty to the charges

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14 h. ago Man found guilty of attempted murder in Salman Rushdie stabbing trial

Jury convicts Hadi Matar, 27, charged with trying to kill author at literary gathering in New York state in 2022A jury on Friday afternoon convicted the man who was charged with stabbing and trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie as he delivered a lecture at a literary gathering in western New York state in 2022.Jurors in Chautauqua county quickly declared the defendant, Hadi Matar, 27, from New Jersey, guilty. They had received the case after lawyers delivered their closing arguments, wrapping up seven days of testimony that included a vivid account from Rushdie of how he was certain he was going to die after being rushed on stage by a man with a knife. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago Salman Rushdie trial jury deliberations begin in New York stabbing case

Hadi Matar, 27, faces up to 25 years in prison if found guilty of attempting to murder British American novelist in 2022The jury began deliberating on Friday afternoon in the trial of a man charged with stabbing and trying to kill the author Salman Rushdie as he delivered a lecture at a literary gathering in western New York state in 2022.Jurors sitting in Chautauqua county court received the case after lawyers delivered their closing arguments, wrapping up seven days of testimony that included a vivid account from Rushdie of how he was certain he was going to die after being rushed on stage by a man with a knife. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Lawyers to deliver closing arguments in the trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie

Lawyers are set to deliver their closing arguments Friday in the trial of a New Jersey man charged with trying to kill Salman Rushdie on a western New York lecture stage

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30 h. ago Real reason Rihanna was at A$AP Rocky's trial after being accused of trying to manipulate jury

The Umbrella singer, 37, provided a 'sense of calm that was obvious' when she attended the legal proceedings in Los Angeles, A$AP Rocky's lawyer told Dailymail.com.

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36 h. ago The man accused of stabbing Salman Rushdie declines to take the stand as the defense rests

The New Jersey man on trial in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie has declined to testify in his defense

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42 h. ago Jury retires in trial of hockey coach accused of wife’s murder

Mohamed Samak, who once coached Wales, denies murdering his wife Joanne at home

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69 h. ago Salman Rushdie says ‘dishonest’ Elon Musk should be fired into space: ‘If he likes it so much, let him go’

‘If he likes it so much, then let him go,’ says author

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3 d. ago Jurors have reached a verdict at the felony trial of rapper A$AP Rocky

A Los Angeles jury has reached a verdict at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky, who is charged with firing a gun at a former friend

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3 d. ago A look at jury deliberations at A$AP Rocky's felony assault trial

Jurors have begun deliberations at the trial of rapper A$AP Rocky

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4 d. ago Salman Rushdie really wants Elon Musk ‘to be the first man on Mars’: ‘I’m not a fan’

‘If he likes it so much, then let him go,’ says author

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