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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, November 7, 2024

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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, November 7, 2024
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PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Thursday, November 7, 2024

2024-11-08 02:39 Last Updated At:02:40

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

Telekom devices are surrounded by clouds on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Telekom devices are surrounded by clouds on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A man pushes his pig back home after taking it to higher ground after Hurricane Rafael passed through Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A man pushes his pig back home after taking it to higher ground after Hurricane Rafael passed through Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun, left, fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he drives the land in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun, left, fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he drives the land in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

PSG's Bradley Barcola, left, and Atletico Madrid's Giuliano Simeone, right, fight for the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Bradley Barcola, left, and Atletico Madrid's Giuliano Simeone, right, fight for the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Riders perform during a freestyle motocross show at the EICMA exhibition motorcycle fair in Rho, outskirt of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Riders perform during a freestyle motocross show at the EICMA exhibition motorcycle fair in Rho, outskirt of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film 'Unstoppable' on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film 'Unstoppable' on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun on the bank of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun on the bank of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

President Joe Biden walks to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Joe Biden walks to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Britain's newspapers’ front pages reporting on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, are seen in London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's newspapers’ front pages reporting on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, are seen in London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Nayely Nunez, from Honduras, uses her luggage to carry a child as she walks along the highway with a migrant caravan in Huixtla, southern Mexico, heading toward the country's northern border and ultimately the United States, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Nayely Nunez, from Honduras, uses her luggage to carry a child as she walks along the highway with a migrant caravan in Huixtla, southern Mexico, heading toward the country's northern border and ultimately the United States, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Dolores Merchan, 67, reacts in tears as she is assisted by volunteers clearing mud from her home, where she has lived all her life with her husband and three children, and which has been severely affected by the floods in Masanasa, Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Dolores Merchan, 67, reacts in tears as she is assisted by volunteers clearing mud from her home, where she has lived all her life with her husband and three children, and which has been severely affected by the floods in Masanasa, Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

People drive along a road littered with fallen power lines after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People drive along a road littered with fallen power lines after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

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Telekom devices are surrounded by clouds on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

Telekom devices are surrounded by clouds on top of the Feldberg mountain near Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

A man pushes his pig back home after taking it to higher ground after Hurricane Rafael passed through Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A man pushes his pig back home after taking it to higher ground after Hurricane Rafael passed through Batabano, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

A Norway Spruce that will serve as this year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is cut down, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 in West Stockbridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Matthew Cavanaugh)

Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun, left, fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he drives the land in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Denver Nuggets guard Christian Braun, left, fouls Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he drives the land in the second half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

PSG's Bradley Barcola, left, and Atletico Madrid's Giuliano Simeone, right, fight for the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PSG's Bradley Barcola, left, and Atletico Madrid's Giuliano Simeone, right, fight for the ball during the Champions League opening phase soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Atletico Madrid, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Riders perform during a freestyle motocross show at the EICMA exhibition motorcycle fair in Rho, outskirt of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Riders perform during a freestyle motocross show at the EICMA exhibition motorcycle fair in Rho, outskirt of Milan, Italy, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film 'Unstoppable' on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

Jennifer Lopez poses for photographers upon arrival at the photo call for the film 'Unstoppable' on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in London. (Photo by Scott A Garfitt/Invision/AP)

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun on the bank of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun on the bank of Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

President Joe Biden walks to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Joe Biden walks to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Britain's newspapers’ front pages reporting on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, are seen in London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Britain's newspapers’ front pages reporting on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, are seen in London, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Nayely Nunez, from Honduras, uses her luggage to carry a child as she walks along the highway with a migrant caravan in Huixtla, southern Mexico, heading toward the country's northern border and ultimately the United States, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Nayely Nunez, from Honduras, uses her luggage to carry a child as she walks along the highway with a migrant caravan in Huixtla, southern Mexico, heading toward the country's northern border and ultimately the United States, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

Dolores Merchan, 67, reacts in tears as she is assisted by volunteers clearing mud from her home, where she has lived all her life with her husband and three children, and which has been severely affected by the floods in Masanasa, Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Dolores Merchan, 67, reacts in tears as she is assisted by volunteers clearing mud from her home, where she has lived all her life with her husband and three children, and which has been severely affected by the floods in Masanasa, Valencia, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

People drive along a road littered with fallen power lines after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

People drive along a road littered with fallen power lines after the passing of Hurricane Rafael in San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Firefighters and sheriff's deputies push a vintage car away from a burning home as the Mountain Fire burns in Camarillo, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz leaves Bellevue Palace in Berlin Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

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Man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie faces sentencing in New York

2025-05-16 12:07 Last Updated At:12:21

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday.

A jury found Hadi Matar, 27, guilty of attempted murder and assault in February.

Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said he will request the maximum 25 years in prison for the Aug. 12, 2022, attack on Rushdie and seven years for injuring a second man who was on stage with the author. The sentences must run concurrently because both victims were injured in the same event, he said.

Rushdie is not expected to return to court for his assailant's sentencing, the prosecutor said. During the trial, the 77-year-old author was the key witness, describing how he believed he was dying when a masked attacker plunged a knife into his head and body more than a dozen times as he was being introduced at the Chautauqua Institution to speak about writer safety.

Rushdie spent 17 days at a Pennsylvania hospital and more than three weeks at a New York City rehabilitation center. The author of “Midnight's Children,” “The Moor’s Last Sigh" and “Victory City” detailed his recovery in his 2024 memoir, “Knife.”

Matar next faces a federal trial on terrorism-related charges. While the first trial focused mostly on the details of the knife attack itself, the next one is expected to delve into the more complicated issue of motive.

Authorities said Matar, a U.S. citizen, was attempting to carry out a decades-old fatwa, or edict, calling for Rushdie’s death when he traveled from his home in Fairview, New Jersey, to target Rushdie at the summer retreat about 70 miles (112.6 kilometers) southwest of Buffalo.

Matar believed the fatwa, first issued in 1989, was backed by the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah and endorsed in a 2006 speech by the group’s secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, according to federal prosecutors.

Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued the fatwa after publication of Rushdie's novel, “The Satanic Verses,” which some Muslims consider blasphemous. Rushdie spent years in hiding, but after Iran announced it would not enforce the decree he traveled freely over the past quarter century.

Matar pleaded not guilty to a three-count indictment charging him with providing material to terrorists, attempting to provide material support to Hezbollah and engaging in terrorism transcending national boundaries.

Video of the assault, captured by the venue's cameras and played at trial, show Matar approaching the seated Rushdie from behind and reaching around him to stab at his torso with a knife. As the audience gasps and screams, Rushdie is seen raising his arms and rising from his seat, walking and stumbling for a few steps with Matar hanging on, swinging and stabbing until they both fall and are surrounded by onlookers who rush in to separate them.

Jurors in Matar's first trial delivered their verdict after less than two hours of deliberation.

FILE - Author Salman Rushdie appears at a press conference at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany on Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

FILE - Author Salman Rushdie appears at a press conference at the Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany on Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

FILE - Hadi Matar sits in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

FILE - Hadi Matar sits in Chautauqua County court in Mayville, N.Y., Feb. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus, file)

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