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A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve is now facing federal terrorism charges, authorities announced Tuesday.

NEW YORK — The man accused of attacking three police officers with a machete steps away from New Year’s Eve revelers in Times Square is facing federal charges on top of state criminal charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.

NEW YORK — The self-proclaimed jihadist accused in a New Year’s Eve machete attack on two NYPD officers spent his summer wielding a weed whacker.

Trevor Bickford charged with two counts of attempted murder and two counts of attempted assault

NEW YORK — The man accused of attacking two New York police officers near Times Square on New Year’s Eve was charged Monday with attempted murder.

The police officers hurt in the attack are expected to survive

The New York Police Department says a man accused of attacking police with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s Eve, injuring two officers, has been arrested on attempted murder charges

NEW YORK — A young Maine man who recently became fixated with radical Islamic jihadism wounded two NYPD cops with a massive curved knife just outside the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, fracturing a rookie officer’s skull before being shot by police, law enforcement sources said Sunday.

NEW YORK — An attacker with a machete assaulted three NYPD officers just outside the Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration, fracturing a rookie cop’s skull before police shot him in the shoulder, police said.