Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand

October 27th, 20220 Salman Rushdie’s agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report. Literary agent Andrew Wylie told the Spanish language newspaper El Pais in an article published...

“It was the right thing to do”: Dearborn mother encourages conversation about organ and tissue donation

August 22nd, 20220 DEARBORN — Karim Khassouan lived a short, quiet life and his spirit will carry on in the lives he saved through the organs he donated.  Khassouan was born with Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM), a condition in which blood vessels become tangled, according to his mother, Nameer Alkurdi. It is normally treatable but, in Karim’s...

Stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie was “preplanned,” prosecutor says; judge denies bail

August 13th, 20220 NEW YORK — The man accused in the stabbing attack on Salman Rushdie pleaded not guilty Saturday to attempted murder and assault charges in what a prosecutor called a "preplanned" crime, as the renowned author of The Satanic Verses remained hospitalized with serious injuries. A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to Hadi Matar, 24...