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Officials praised the police officer who confronted and shot the suspect in Tuesday’s deadly attack in New York City, which is being investigated as an act of terrorism. The uniformed officer, Ryan Nash, shot the man in the abdomen after he allegedly drove onto a bike and jogging path, New […]

Senators pressed top officials from Facebook, Google and Twitter for answers Tuesday about the steps the social media companies have taken to address Russian use of social media to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “This is the national security challenge of the 21st century,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., […]

Two students and two school staff members are among the injured after a male suspect drove a rented Home Depot truck and plowed into pedestrians and cyclists on a jogging and bike path Tuesday in lower Manhattan, in an area populated with many schools, according to the New York City […]

Transcript for Several dead, others injured after being hit by vehicle in New York City A special edition of “World news tonight” begins now. Good evening on this Tuesday night. Halloween. And sadly, it will be remembered for what the mayor declared late today was an act of terror that […]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the incident in New York City today that left at least eight people dead after a truck plowed into a bicycle path was the action of a “lone wolf,” and that “there’s no evidence to suggest a wider plot or wider scheme.” “New York […]

Multiple law enforcement officials tell ABC News that the suspect taken into custody in the New York City vehicle attack that killed eight people on Tuesday has been identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov. Saipov is from Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, and he entered the United States in […]

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A deadly truck attack in lower Manhattan this afternoon killed eight people and injured 11 others. New York Police Commissioner James O’Neill detailed how the incident, which is being investigated as possible terrorism, unfolded in a press conference. O’Neill said that at 3:05 p.m., the male suspect — driving a […]

A man driving a rental truck plowed into pedestrians and cyclists on a jogging and bike path in lower Manhattan in New York City Tuesday afternoon, killing at least eight people and injuring many others in what New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called a “cowardly act of terror.” […]

Andrew Howell was walking along the bike path near Chambers Street in lower Manhattan this afternoon when he saw a truck plow into two cyclists riding about 20 feet in front of him. The impact sent one of the victims straight up into the air, and the man was motionless […]