10 things you need to know today: November 1, 2017

A driver kills eight people in suspected New York terror attack, Trump calls for tougher "extreme vetting" of immigrants, and more

Investigators inspect the truck that struck pedestrians in NYC
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1. 8 killed by driver who plowed down Manhattan bike path

A driver plowed a pickup truck the wrong way down a bike path in lower Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 11 others. Witnesses said the driver got out of the truck after slamming into a school bus, waving a pellet gun and a paintball gun and shouting, "Allahu akbar," Arabic for "God is great," before being shot by a police officer and arrested. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio described the rampage as a "cowardly act of terror." Investigators found a handwritten note near the truck expressing allegiance to the Islamic State. Police identified the suspect as Sayfullo Saipov, 29, an immigrant from Uzbekistan who came to the U.S. in 2010.

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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.