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By COLLEEN LONG and LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect in the deadly New York City truck rampage was inspired by the Islamic State group's online videos and plotted his attack for two months, renting a truck ahead of time to practice turning it, federal authorities said in bringing terrorism charges against…

BY ZEKE MILLER and RICHARD LARDNER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roused by the first major ISIS-inspired attack on U.S. soil since he took office, President Donald Trump urged swift repeal of an immigration program that brought the suspect to America and laid into a political foe he said was responsible for it — though Republican…

NEW YORK (AP) — The FBI says it's no longer looking for a second man in connection with a deadly truck attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center. The bureau on Wednesday issued a poster seeking the public's help with information about the man. But at a news conference later FBI Assistant Director…

NEW YORK (AP) —  New York City's mayor says a truck attack in lower Manhattan killed eight people and was a "cowardly" act of terror. Mayor Bill de Blasio says the attack on a bike path near the World Trade Center "was an act of terror, and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at…

By STEPHEN BRAUN and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that a former campaign aide thrust into the center of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe "has already proven to be a liar." On Twitter, Trump sought to dismiss George Papadopoulos, who has provided key evidence in the first criminal…