Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie canceled his planned speech at a California college after students protested his appearance.

Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.

Hadi Matar got the maximum sentence for attempted murder. He was found guilty in February for repeatedly stabbing author ...

A New York court on Friday handed a 25-year sentence to Hadi Matar, an American-Lebanese man who stabbed novelist Salman Rushdie at a cultural ... Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for its ...

By Alyce McFadden Reporting from the courtroom in Mayville, N.Y. The man convicted of trying to stab Salman Rushdie to death was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison for the attack, which left ...

Rushdie has been nominated for the Booker Prize seven times and won the prize in 1981 for his second novel, Midnight's Children. The book is an allegory of India's transition from British colonial ...

Hadi Matar was convicted in the 2022 stabbing attack on the author. A New Jersey man convicted of attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie, while on stage at a ...

Salman Rushdie, the author who was nearly ... In an interview with a German podcaster a year ago, Rushdie expressed surprise that young people on college campuses protesting on behalf of ...

Author Salman Rushdie is helped by people after he was stabbed at the ChautauquaCharles Savenor/LOCAL NEWS X/TMX/via REUTERS Hadi Matar, the 26-year-old who attempted to assassinate author Salman ...

A man convicted of stabbing award-winning British author Salman Rushdie in 2022 was sentenced on Friday to 25 years in prison, the maximum possible term. Hadi Matar, 27, was found guilty in ...

Hadi Matar was convicted in February of stabbing Rushdie, leaving him blind in one eye Writer Salman Rushdie speaks ... won Britain's prestigious Booker Prize for its portrayal of post ...

A man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie, leaving the author blind in one eye, has been jailed for 25 years. Hadi Matar was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in February. Prosecutors ...