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A New York district attorney announced on Saturday that a suspect has been charged in connection with the stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie at an event in western New York. Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said in a statement that 24-year-old Hadi Matar from Fairview, N.J., was charged with second-degree assault and second-degree attempted murder for allegedly attacking the author,
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Read MoreParents tased outside of Arizona school that went into lockdown: police
Several parents were tased outside of a school in Arizona on Friday while it was under lockdown, police said. The El Mirage Police Department said in a statement on Facebook that Thompson Ranch Elementary School was placed on lockdown following a report that a male had tried to enter the school around 10:30 a.m. with a firearm. "School staff contacted law enforcement and immediately implemented lockdown protocol," the post read. Pol
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