Unsealed court records offer new detail on old sex abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein

NEW YORK – Amid great hype, a court began to release a new batch of previously secret court documents late Wednesday related to Jeffrey Epstein, the jet-setting financier who killed himself in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges. Social media has been rife in recent weeks with posts speculating that the documents would include … Read more

Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due to forthcoming memoir

MAYVILLE, N.Y. – The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Jury selection in Hadi Matar’s attempted murder and assault trial was originally scheduled to start Jan. 8. Instead, the … Read more