Nation May 16 Man convicted of stabbing author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Nation Feb 21 New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in stabbing of Salman Rushdie A New Jersey man was convicted Friday of attempted murder for stabbing author Salman Rushdie multiple times on a New York lecture stage in 2022. By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Arts Jul 24 Author Salman Rushdie’s attacker charged with supporting militant group Hezbollah A three-count indictment unsealed in federal court in Buffalo on Wednesday charges Hadi Matar with attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah, a militant group based in Lebanon and backed by Iran. By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press
Arts Apr 23 Watch 7:56 Salman Rushdie reflects on attack that changed his life in new memoir ‘Knife’ On August 12, 2022, Salman Rushdie, one of the world’s best-known writers, was attacked and nearly killed by a young man with a knife. Rushdie has written of that harrowing day and all that’s followed in a new book. He… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Jun 25 Hundreds of authors, including Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed endorse anti-censorship initiative Salman Rushdie, Cheryl Strayed, Carl Hiassen and Ibram X. Kendi are among hundreds of authors who have endorsed the announcement by the American Library Association and the Association of American Publishers. By Associated Press
May 16 Salman Rushdie warns free speech under threat By Associated Press Rushdie, 75, was blinded in one eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand when he was attacked at a literary festival in New York state in August. Continue reading
Oct 28 Financial sanctions for organization that targeted author Salman Rushdie By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Continue reading
Oct 23 Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand after August stabbing, agent says By Associated Press Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York,… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch 4:44 News Wrap: Federal judge considers releasing redacted affidavit from Mar-a-Lago search In our news wrap Thursday, a federal judge in Florida says he's inclined to release the affidavit behind the search of former President Trump's estate with redactions, the UN calls for demilitarizing a nuclear plant in Ukraine, the death toll… Continue watching
Aug 18 Judge denies bail for Salman Rushdie attacker, bars interviews by lawyers By Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press A judge has refused to grant bail to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York. Continue reading