Eileen O'Neill Burke took office in December and has vowed to take a tougher stance on certain charges like theft and gun possession.

Rushdie, 77, is expected to testify during the trial of Hadi Matar, bringing the writer face-to-face with his knife-wielding attacker for the first time in more than two years. Rushdie ...

MAYVILLE, NY (WKBW) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is accused of attempting to kill author Salman Rushdie in August 2022 at the Chautauqua Institution. Matar faces ...

Jason Schmidt, the district attorney, told Chautauqua County Court that the “suddenness of the attack” launched by defendant Hadi Matar meant Sir Salman did not initially react. He said the ...

A jury has heard opening statements in the trial of Hadi Matar, who has been charged with attempting to murder novelist Salman Rushdie. Rushdie was stabbed with a knife multiple times in the head ...

In December, 23-year-old Hadi Nazari went missing in Kosciuszko National Park for 13 days, sparking a massive search involving hundreds of police, park rangers and trained volunteers. Mountain ...

Hadi Matar, an American of Lebanese descent, has also been charged separately by a federal court on suspicion of terrorism for allegedly conducting the 2022 stabbing attack on behalf of militant ...

Afterwards, lawyers for suspect Hadi Matar focused their cross-examination on how clear the author's memory of that day was. They also asked whether Rushdie had ever been in contact with Matar ...

On Monday, prosecutors outlined their case against Hadi Matar - a 27-year-old man from New Jersey accused of attacking Mr Rushdie - and multiple witnesses detailed the chaos that ensued after the ...

Michigan offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi is returning for a fifth season, his final year of eligibility, he announced Wednesday on Instagram. Meanwhile, offensive tackle Jeff Persi has decided ...