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Salman Rushdie’s attacker has been named as 42-year-old Hadi Matar – as the author remains in surgery after being stabbed at least 15 times from behind. ABC News says Matar, of New Jersey, is currently in New York State Police custody. Controversial writer Rushdie, 75, was airlifted to hospital after suffering multiple knife wounds, including one inflicted on his neck, as he was getting ready to give a lecture in New York on Friday. (12.08.22) His agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed on Friday night ‘The Satanic Verses’ author was currently in surgery for his injuries, but did not have an update on ...
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Salman Rushdie’s suspected stabbing attacker is in custody. The ‘Satanic Verses’ writer, 75, was knifed several times from behind including in the neck on Friday (12.08.22) in New York after decades of death threats for the writer’s controversial novel. His alleged attacker stormed the stage where the novelist was giving a speech at the Chautauqua Institution. Horror broke out as the Indian-born writer was being introduced and a man ran on stage and began stabbing him in the neck. Pictures from the scene showed Rushdie lying on the stage as a crowd surrounds him. Blood could be seen splattered...
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced plans to make the city’s subway system safer, by using law enforcement to ensure that people are leaving the train and station at the end of their ride. The decreasing safety of the subway system has become a concern as two people were recently pushed off the platform onto the train tracks in separate incidents and six people were stabbed in a span of just three days. “We are not going to wait until someone shoves a person onto the tracks,” Adams announced at a joint news conference with New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “We are going to engage New Yorkers wh...
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) will allow New York’s indoor mask mandate to expire on Thursday joining neighboring states which have also dropped mandates. The decision will save her a bitter court fight. Last week, New York State Supreme Court Judge Thomas Rademaker ruled that a mask mandate is unconstitutional. Rademaker argued that since the state no longer has emergency powers a mask mandate is unconstitutional. His ruling nullified Hochul’s rule amid a rise in cases due to the omicron variant. Hochul vowed to fight the decision with State Attorney General Letitia James filing a motion to ...
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Times Up CEO Tina Tchen resigned from her leadership position after the former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-New York) stepped down due to sexual harassment scandal. Times Up, a sexual harassment victims’ advocacy group, advised Cuomo after allegations of harassment surfaced about him. In a statement she posted on her Twitter, Tchen claimed that she has “spent a career fighting for positive change for women.” “Leading TIME’S UP has been a hugely rewarding experience and we have accomplished much together that has made work better for women across the country,” she said in her statement. “Change will co...
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Kathy Hochul (D), the Lt. Governor of New York, was sworn in as Governor on Tuesday, hours after the former Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, left the office, “I want people to believe in their government again,” she added. “It’s important that people have faith,” she said during her first press conference as a Governor of New York. “Our strength comes from the faith and the confidence of the people who put us in these offices, and I take that very seriously.” “I look forward to a fresh, collaborative approach,” Hochul added. “That’s how I’ve always conducted myself. It’ll be nothing new for...
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Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-New York) is set to become the governor of New York after Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-New York) leaves office in two weeks following his resignation on Tuesday. She will become the first female Governor of New York. “I agree with Governor Cuomo’s decision to step down. It is the right thing to do and in the best interest of New Yorkers. As someone who has served at all levels of government and is next in the line of succession, I am prepared to lead as New York State’s 57th Governor,” she tweeted. In order to avoid suggestions that she knew about Cuomo’s misconduct, Hochul em...
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Andrew Cuomo announced on Tuesday that he will resign from his job as governor of New York amid explosive results revealed in an independent report on sexual harassment claims against him. Even though he still denies any wrongdoing, his resignation is final and will be effective in 14 days. Cuomo and his outside counsel Rita Galvin have said that Attorney General Letitia James‘ report feels more like a political smear campaign than an objective investigation. Cuomo took the time to apologize to the 11 women who claimed he harassed them. “The report said I sexually harrassed 11 women. That was ...
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