New York City mayor calls weekend bombings 'an act of terror'

Mayor Bill DeBlasio.
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced at a Monday afternoon press conference that authorities are increasingly convinced the bombings Saturday in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood and New Jersey's Seaside Park were terrorism-related. "We have every reason to believe this was an act of terror," de Blasio said.

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