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Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as the British-Indian author was about to speak at an event in western New York on Thursday morning, according to law enforcement and witnesses. The attack happened as Rushdie was about to address the Chautauqua Institution , a nonprofit education center and summer resort near Buffalo, for a talk on the U.S. being an “asylum for writers and other artists in exile.” Rushdie was taken by helicopter to a hospital ; while his condition is unclear, one witness told The Daily Beast that her husband saw Rushdie “able to walk with assistance” after the ambush. Rushdie’s work, particularly his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses , has attracted fierce protests, death threats, and even a fatwa for his assassination by the former religious leader of Iran, who accused Rushdie of blasphemy. A $4 million bounty on his head remains active to this day. A witness, Ward Pautler, told The Daily Beast that Rushdie “had just … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie Stabbed in the Neck on Stage in New York

A count of polio vaccinations administered at the Rockland County health department in Pomona, New York. Photo: Victor J. Blue/The New York Times/REDUX Just weeks after the first U.S. case of polio in a decade was detected, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reports that there is “likely local circulation of the virus.” On Friday, the department announced that it has detected poliovirus in the city’s wastewater , a sign that the causative agent for the eradicated disease may be making its way around New York. Health officials have encouraged New Yorkers to get vaccinated. “The risk to New Yorkers is real, but the defense is so simple — get vaccinated against polio,” New York City health commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said on Friday. “With polio circulating in our communities, there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please … [Read more...] about It Looks Like There’s Polio in New York City

Author Salman Rushdie is tended to after he was attacked during an event at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. Photo: Joshua Goodman/AP/Shutterstock Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed and grievously injured at an event in western New York on Friday morning. The acclaimed writer, who was immediately flown to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery, survived the attack but suffered numerous serious wounds. His agent, Andrew Wylie, told the New York Times on Friday night that Rushdie was on ventilator and unable to speak. “The news is not good,” he said. “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged.” Rushdie, who has long faced death threats over his writing, was about to give a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution when a man rushed the stage and attacked him, the Associated Press reports . The assailant, later identified as 24-year-old Hadi Matar, was subdued and detained by police. … [Read more...] about Salman Rushdie Stabbed and Seriously Wounded During Speech in New York

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for August 12 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! New York State Police identified the man who allegedly stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a speech in Chautauqua, New York, on Friday. A spokesperson for the New York State Police identified the suspect as Hadi Matar, 24, who allegedly "jumped onto the stage" and stabbed Rushdie "at least once in the neck." Rushdie is undergoing surgery at an area hospital, according to the spokesperson. Rushdie was stabbed multiple times before a speech at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday in an attack that also injured the moderator of the event. "Rushdie suffered an apparent stab wound to the neck, and was transported by helicopter to an area hospital," the New York State Police said in a statement following the attack. "His condition is not yet known. … [Read more...] about New York police identify man who allegedly stabbed Salman Rushdie

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that low-income and middle-class Americans will raise billions in additional tax revenue under the Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act, according to a press release by Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee. The CBO investigation into the financial impact of Republican Idaho Sen. Michael Crapo’s failed amendment found that if it were to have passed, the Inflation Reduction Act would have lost at least $20 billion in revenue, according to the report. “CBO has not completed a point estimate of this amendment but the preliminary assessment indicates that amendment 5404 would reduce the ‘non-scorable’ revenues resulting from the provisions of section 10301 by at least $20 billion over the FY2022-FY2031 period,” the CBO stated, according to Ways and Means GOP. SHARE vs ACTUAL @SecYellen directing #IRS to not “increase the SHARE” of taxpayer audits below $400k. What’s that mean? With share staying same + surge in new … [Read more...] about Budget Office Warns Biden Will ‘Supercharge’ IRS To Audit Low Income and Middle Class Families

CAIRO (AP) — President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt announced a Cabinet reshuffle Saturday to improve his administration's performance as it faces towering economic challenges stemming largely from Russia’s war in Ukraine. The Cabinet shake-up, which was approved by parliament in an emergency session, affected 13 portfolios, including health, education, culture, local development and irrigation ministries. Also included in the reshuffle was the tourism portfolio, a key job at a time when Egypt is struggling to revive the lucrative sector decimated by years of turmoil, the pandemic and most recently the war in Europe. The changes, however, didn’t affect key ministries including foreign, finance, defense and the interior, which is responsible for the police force. El-Sissi said the shake-up came in consultation with Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly. He said in a Facebook post that the changes aimed at “developing the governmental performance in some important files ... … [Read more...] about Egypt appoints 13 new ministers in Cabinet reshuffle

Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. confirmed Friday that it's laying off some of its newsroom staff, part of a cost-cutting effort to lower expenses as its revenue crumbles amid a downturn in ad sales and customer subscriptions. The McLean, Virginia-based company declined to provide details about the number of people losing their jobs. In a statement, Gannett spokesperson Lark-Marie Anton cited a need “to take swift action given the challenging economic environment. These staffing reductions are incredibly difficult, and we are grateful for the contributions of our departing colleagues." Gannett, which owns USA Today and more than 200 other daily U.S. newspapers with print editions, ended last year with more than 16,000 employees worldwide, according to the company's annual report. The payroll included more than 4,200 reporters, editors and photographers,. The layoffs are the latest sign of the unrelentingly tough times in the newspaper industry, which has been steadily … [Read more...] about Publisher of USA Today, other papers axes staff to cut costs

Salman Rushdie’s agent has said “the news is not good” in an update on his condition after being stabbed on stage in New York. The 75-year-old author, who was born in India and has British and American citizenship, was stabbed repeatedly by an assailant named as Hadi Matar while giving an interview before a live audience at the Chautauqua Institution on Friday. “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” his agent, Andrew Wylie, has said in a statement quoted by the BBC, adding that he is currently on a ventilator and unable to speak. While a motive for the attack has yet to be disclosed by the authorities, who have said Rushdie was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, radical Muslims have been baying for the author’s blood since the publication of his book The Satanic Verses in the 1980s, which included fictionalised interpretations of the life of the Islamic prophet regarded as … [Read more...] about Rushdie on Ventilator Unable to Speak, Likely to Lose Eye: Agent

A suspect has been accused of driving into three people, among them a mother and child, in Queens on Wednesday. The suspect was fleeing a traffic stop when the incident occurred, the New York Post reported Thursday, adding it happened at the intersection of Wyckoff Avenue and George Street in Ridgewood. Officers were talking with the driver of the SUV as a mother pushed her two-year-old daughter, who was riding in a stroller, across the street. However, the moment one officer motioned to another in a nearby police cruiser the driver appeared to hit the gas and speed away. He apparently struck the mother, her child, and a 35-year-old man. The child appeared to be laying in the street but rose up from the ground as officers and the woman rushed over to pick her up. A man wearing a bright yellow shirt was seen being thrown into the back of a nearby delivery truck. “The intersection quickly flooded with people who had run outside to see what the commotion was about. … [Read more...] about GRAPHIC VIDEO: Driver Accused of Hitting Mom, Toddler on NYC Street

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 2 CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago that starts Monday is in many ways a do-over of his 2008 state child pornography trial, at which jurors acquitted the singer on charges that he produced a video of himself when he was around 30 having sex with a girl no older than 14. There’s one big difference: This time, prosecutors say, she will testify. Kelly goes into Chicago federal court already sentenced by a New York federal judge to 30-year prison term for a 2021 conviction on charges he parlayed his fame to sexually abuse other young fans. Among the most serious charges the Grammy Award winner faces at his federal trial is conspiracy to obstruct justice by rigging the 2008 trial, including by paying off and threatening the girl to ensure she did not testify. Testimony by the woman, now in her 30s and referred to in filings only as “Minor 1,” will be pivotal. The charges … [Read more...] about R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge