A man has been convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. A jury delivered its verdict Wednesday in Buffalo, New York. Jurors found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an act of transnational terrorism. The 28-year-old had pleaded not guilty. Matar already is serving a 25-year New York state prison sentence on an attempted murder conviction in the August 2022 attack. Rushdie has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.”

The former husband of a Massachusetts woman will return to the stand in her murder trial to testify about the day she killed their three children. Patrick Clancy previously testified Monday about her deteriorating mental health in the months before the murder. He is expected to testify Wednesday about the day in January 2023 when she killed the children, ages 5 and younger. Jurors are expected to hear evidence for weeks including dueling views about her culpability and mental state. Clancy has pleaded not guilty, and her attorney has laid out an insanity defense. Prosecutors argue that she strangled the children in well-planned murders.

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A memorial for victims of a July 26 shooting is seen at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival, Tuesday, July 28, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

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FILE - Bryan Kohberger appears at the Ada County Courthouse, for his sentencing hearing, Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Boise, Idaho, for stabbing four University of Idaho students to death nearly three years ago. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, file)

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Flowers and candles are seen placed with the Space Needle at background, during the vigil for victims the day after a shooting at Seattle Center during the Bite of Seattle food festival, Monday, July 27, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)