Aug 15 Watch 5:42 Examining Salman Rushdie’s lifelong fight for free speech By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet Three days after being repeatedly stabbed onstage as he was preparing to give a lecture, author Salman Rushdie is recovering while the man accused of attacking him has been charged with attempted murder. Ayad Akhtar, a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and… Continue watching
Aug 15 Iran denies involvement in Salman Rushdie attack but justifies assault By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press An Iranian government official has denied that Tehran was involved in the assault on author Salman Rushdie. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 2:53 News Wrap: Online threats rise to ‘unprecedented’ levels after FBI search In our news wrap Sunday, online threats against federal officials are increasing after the FBI's search of Trump's home, a man drove into a Capitol barrier and died in an apparent suicide, a Palestinian gunman opened fire on a bus… Continue watching
Aug 14 Salman Rushdie ‘on the road to recovery’ from stabbing, agent says By Hillel Italie, Carolyn Thompson, Associated Press Salman Rushdie is “on the road to recovery,” his agent confirmed Sunday, two days after the author of “The Satanic Verses” suffered serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 2:48 News Wrap: Trump’s lawyer told DOJ classified documents had been returned In our news wrap Saturday, a Trump attorney told the Justice Department that all classified documents had been returned, the Southern Baptist Convention's handling of sexual abuse claims is under investigation, Salman Rushdie's alleged attacker is charged with attempted murder,… Continue watching
Aug 13 Attack on Salman Rushdie was ‘preplanned,’ prosecutor says By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a “preplanned” crime. Continue reading
Aug 13 Salman Rushdie hospitalized as police seek motive in stabbing By Carolyn Thompson, Hillel Italie, Associated Press Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized Saturday after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing attack as praise poured in for him from the West but he was disparaged in Iran. Continue reading
Aug 12 Author Salman Rushdie attacked as he takes lecture stage in New York By Joshua Goodman, Associated Press Salman Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, has been attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as he was about to give a lecture in… Continue reading
Sep 09 Why Salman Rushdie is probably quitting Twitter By Frank Carlson, Corinne Segal Salman Rushdie will be the first to tell you that free expression is imperative to society. But there's one way the award-winning author does not always enjoy speaking out: on Twitter. Continue reading