NY judge reluctant to delay trial for Manhattan bomb suspect
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A federal judge says he's sticking with a March trial date for a man accused of setting off bombs in New Jersey and New York City.
Judge Richard Berman rejected arguments from defense lawyers for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahimi that they need more time to prepare his case.
Rahimi has pleaded not guilty to charges that he detonated a pipe bomb along a charity race in Seaside Park, New Jersey, and planted two pressure cooker bombs in Manhattan on Sept. 17.
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One device did not explode. The other one detonated in the Chelsea neighborhood, injuring 30 people.
The Afghanistan-born U.S. citizen was hospitalized for weeks for treatment of wounds suffered in a police shootout during his Sept. 19 capture outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.