10 things you need to know today: July 15, 2016

Attacker kills 84 in France with truck, Trump delays expected VP announcement, and more

A truck at the scene of the terror attack in Nice, France
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1. 84 killed in Bastille Day attack in France

A driver in a 25-ton truck plowed through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in the southern French city of Nice on Thursday, killing at least 84 people in what French President Francois Hollande called a terrorist attack. The truck zigzagged for more than a mile along the famous seaside Promenade des Anglais at the end of a fireworks display marking the national holiday. Police fatally shot the suspected attacker, a 31-year-old Tunisian-born French citizen. Hollande called up military reserves, and extended by three months a state of emergency declared in November after Islamic State attackers killed 130 people in Paris.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.