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1. Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect reportedly describes author as 'someone who attacked Islam'

   

   The man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie on a lecture stage in western New York reportedly said in an interview that he was surprised to learn the accomplished author had survived the attack.

2. 7 killed, 16 injured in Russian shelling of Kharkiv

   

   Ukrainian forces said on Thursday they had beaten back a Russian attack in the southern region of Kherson, while the death toll from Russian shelling of a city in Ukraine's northeast climbed to seven people.

3. Judge reinstates North Carolina's 20-week abortion ban

   

   Abortions in North Carolina are no longer legal after 20 weeks of pregnancy, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, eroding protections in one of the South's few remaining safe havens for reproductive freedom.

4. R. Kelly not a 'monster,' lawyer tells Chicago jury

   

   R. Kelly's federal trial on allegations that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial and enticed minor girls for sex is about the R&B singer's "hidden side," a prosecutor told jurors during opening statements Wednesday.

5. Violent storms slam France with hail, rain and heavy winds

   

   After a summer of drought, heat waves and forest fires, violent storms are whipping France and have flooded Paris subway stations and snarled traffic.