New Jersey judge pauses trial for author Salman Rushdie’s alleged knife attacker Hadi Matar
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New Jersey judge pauses trial for author Salman Rushdie’s alleged knife attacker Hadi Matar

The attempted murder trial of the man charged with severely injuring author Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack was put on hold Friday while judges consider a request to move it to another county. Jury selection had been scheduled to start on Tuesday. Late Friday, an appellate judge in…

Texas school district cancels visit from bestselling author Emma Straub for foul language
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Texas school district cancels visit from bestselling author Emma Straub for foul language

A Texas school district canceled a scheduled visit from New York Times bestselling author Emma Straub after learning she “regularly used” foul language on social media. The novelist was going to read her first children’s picture book, “Very Good Hats,” to kindergarteners and first graders at two elementary schools in…