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Trial date set for suspect in Salman Rushdie stabbing, with the author expected to testify 10/28/2023 11:32am • (CNN) — The man accused of stabbing author Salman Rushdie and another person onstage has been scheduled for trial in January, prosecutors say.Hadi Matar is expected to stand trial January 8, Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said Friday. He said the trial could last about two w North Dakota police officer fired for injuring suspect gets probation after changing plea 10/28/2023 11:29am • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� A former North Dakota police officer fired for badly injuring a 63-year-old man during an arrest has been sentenced to probation after dropping his not-guilty plea. The Bismarck Tribune cited court documents in reporting that former Bismarck Officer George Huff entered an Alf Indonesian troops recover bodies of 6 workers missing after attack by Papua separatists 10/28/2023 10:46am • JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian security forces said Saturday they have recovered the bodies of six traditional gold mining workers who had been missing since a separatist attack at their camp in the restive Papua region almost two weeks ago. Gunmen stormed a gold panning camp in the Yahukim Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway 10/28/2023 10:44am • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) ��� From targeting Chinese-owned farmland to banning gender-neutral terms like ���pregnant people��� from state documents, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has rolled out announcements in recent weeks in quick succession, cheered on by her Republican base. The former Whit Official: Mass killing suspect's family called police to give his name to investigators after surveillance pictures 10/28/2023 10:38am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Official: Mass killing suspect's family called police to give his name to investigators after surveillance pictures. Two people shot, injured in altercation at Worcester State University 10/28/2023 10:33am • WORCESTER, Massachusetts (AP) ��� A university campus in Massachusetts was locked down for seven hours Saturday after two people were shot in an altercation near a parking garage, authorities said. Neither the victims, who were hospitalized, nor the assailants were students at Worcester State Univer Maine official says police had twice ���cleared��� recycling center where mass killing suspect���s body was found Friday night 10/28/2023 10:19am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Maine official says police had twice ���cleared��� recycling center where mass killing suspect���s body was found Friday night. Saturday is the day to get rid of old drugs cluttering your medicine cabinet 10/28/2023 10:12am • Have some some old or expired prescription drugs that are cluttering your medicine cabinet? Don���t just toss those bottles in the trash or flush the medication down the toilet. Instead, take them to one of dozens of DEA sponsored National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. According to t Bangladesh's opposition supporters clash with police as tensions run high ahead of general election 10/28/2023 10:10am • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) ��� Police in Bangladesh's capital fired tear gas to disperse supporters of the main opposition party who threw stones at security forces during a massive rally demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the transfer of power to a non-partisan caretaker gove Police: Mother assaulted during attempted child kidnapping in Prince George's Co. 10/28/2023 10:07am • A Maryland woman was walking outside with her newborn on Thursday when a group of four people attempted to kidnap her child, according to Greenbelt police. Officers said they responded to the 9100 block of Edmonston Road at 6:35 p.m., where they met with the victim. A news release outlines how tw North Macedonia police intercept a group of 77 migrants and arrest 7 suspected traffickers 10/28/2023 09:07am • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) ��� Police in North Macedonia said Saturday they found 77 migrants in the country���s south and arrested seven Pakistanis suspected of human trafficking. Police said in a statement the arrests took place late Thursday near the southern town of Negorci when they responded When a man began shooting in Maine, some froze while others ran. Now they're left with questions 10/28/2023 07:13am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� The first loud noise 10-year-old Toni Asselin heard sounded like the thwack of a ball being hit hard across a pool table. She thought the second might have been someone dropping a bowling ball. ���The third one, when I walked over to see if someone was hurt, I saw a person g Jewish and Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions and help students roiled by Israel-Hamas war 10/28/2023 07:02am • For many of the university chaplains and faith leaders caring for students angered and shaken by the Israel-Hamas war, the needs are acute, the days intense. The bloodshed has roiled campuses in the United States, at times sparking rival rallies and competing demands. Kaiser Aslam, Muslim chaplain a Police arrest 27 suspected militants in nationwide crackdown as Indonesia gears up for 2024 election 10/28/2023 06:14am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) ��� Indonesian police said Saturday they arrested at least 27 suspected militants believed to have links to banned extremist groups, in a nationwide crackdown as the world���s most populous Muslim-majority country gears up for elections in 2024. The police's elite counterterr A roadside bomb kills 2 soldiers and troops kill 1 militant in northwest Pakistan 10/28/2023 05:42am • Two Pakistani soldiers and one militant were killed in a roadside bomb explosion and in a separate shootout during an overnight military operation against militant activity in the northwest alongside the border with Afghanistan, the military said Saturday. A military statement said an intelligence-b