BUFFALO, New York — The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie will stand trial again, this time in a federal terrorism case that is further investigating what allegedly motivated the stabbing on a conference stage in 2022. Opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday in Hadi Matar’s trial in federal court in
Six beluga whales arrived in U.S. aquariums after being moved from a closed Canadian marine park that could no longer care for the mammals. They are part of a large group of 30 belugas living in Canada’s Marineland that need to be rehomed. Sierra, Acadia, Osiris and Lillooet arrived at a facility in Chicago, while
Communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast distributed sandbags and closed beaches as Tropical Storm Bertha threatened to bring flooding and high winds Wednesday from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Bertha was forecast to make landfall Wednesday night in the sparsely populated coastal part of Louisiana southeast of New Orleans, with wind the biggest threat, according
WASHINGTON– On one hand: a small community in rural Texas. On the other: the Trump administration. A small Texas town along the border with Mexico is fighting the government’s efforts to build a border wall across a levee system to protect the community. The city argued in court Tuesday that the wall could cause flooding
Steinfeld said Celeste’s mother, Mercedes, had been warned beforehand that graphic images would be shown. “I told him he didn’t have to be in the courtroom during this part of the hearing,” he said. “But she said, ‘I want to be here to show my support for Celeste.’ She just hung her head and started
An attorney for Nolan Xavier Wells’ family says he will release the results of an independent autopsy into the 18-year-old’s death Wednesday morning. Preliminary findings will be made public during a news conference held at the NAACP’s annual National Convention in Chicago, according to civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents the family. Wells’ parents