Salman Rushdie attacker convicted of federal terrorism charges, motivated by Iranian fatwa

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man who stabbed Salman Rushdie more than a dozen times on stage at an event in western New York was found guilty Wednesday of attempting to carry out a fatwa issued by Iran’s government against the award-winning British author more than 30 years earlier.Hadi Matar, 28, is already serving a 25-year sentence after he was convicted last year in state court of attempted murder for the 2022 knife attack that left Rushdie blind in one eye and with nerve damage.On Wednesday, a federal jury in Buffalo took less than two hours…

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10 Ways Small Businesses Can Use AI To Grow–And Even Hire More Workers

A quartet of witnesses testifying this week to the House Small Business Committee disputed the commonly-held belief that artificial intelligence will displace human workers and insisted that small businesses which use AI are likely to wind up having to hire more employees–because they’ll grow.Already, a majority of small businesses are…

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I was fat-shamed by an elderly couple on a flight — crew members didn’t believe me until other passengers backed me up

Even on a flight to paradise, the cruelty of fatphobia is weighting in the wings.  Ashlyn, a Big Apple-based influencer, was met with severely unfriendly vibes while traversing the friendly skies, targeted by elderly body-shamers who secretly snapped her picture and texted it to strangers in outrage over being seated next to the “only fat person on the flight.” “I just got fat shamed on a Delta flight back to Puerto Rico,” said Ashlyn, a curvy content creator, to her more than 20,000 video viewers.  “So many plus-size women are experiencing just the most disgusting discrimination while flying,” she groaned, noting that…

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Hero 16-year-old lifeguard breaks silence on dramatic ocean rescue

A 16-year-old rookie lifeguard hailed by President Trump after a dramatic California beach rescue says he made one decision as towering waves crashed around him: “I wasn’t going to let go of that kid.” In his first statement since the rescue Williams recounted the heart-stopping moments. “He was going to…