Salman Rushdie stabbing trial set to begin

IN the coming weeks, Salman Rushdie is expected to return to New York county to recount the experience as one of the first witnesses in the trial of the man who plunged a knife into the author.

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Jury selection is scheduled to begin on Tuesday. The accused Hadi Matar, 27, of New Jersey, has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault. But "this isn't a back alley event that occurs unwitnessed in a dark alley," said Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt followin