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School officials in Princeton, Minn., are closing all schools at 9:30 a.m. because of a reported bomb threat. The school district’s web site announced the closing shortly before 8:30 a.m. as what it called “a precautionary measure.” Princeton police are...
Tags: Princeton High School Board, suspicious packages, Minnesota, Princeton Union-Eagle, schools district, public utility, post office, eastern minnesota, incendiary device, Princeton
Bomb disposal experts from the California Highway Patrol were using a robot to move one of the packages, a leather satchel with a piece of metal protruding from it, away from the building so it could be examined. The satchel was hanging from a statue...
Tags: California Highway Patrol, California Assembly, Capitol, suspicious packages, CHP
The Columbus Fire Division's bomb squad used a water cannon to blow up a black suitcase left at the Wexner Jewish Student Center this afternoon after a caller reported a suspicious package. Now a robot is examining a second package across the street from...
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Bomb threats at two banks in downtown Aspen have forced the evacuation of nearby buildings and police have cut off vehicular access to various streets in the resort, which was bustling with activity on the afternoon before New Year's Eve. Wells Fargo...
Tags: Aspen Police Department, Downtown Aspen, Aspen Times, suspicious packages, bomb scare, bomb threat, threatening note, Vectra Colorado, force evacuated, aspen evacuated
About 250 postal workers have been evacuated from a bulk mail processing center in Federal Way as a police bomb squad deals with two suspicious packages. A police spokesman, Raymond Bunk, says officers were called at 8:21 a.m. Tuesday because of two packages,...
Tags: bomb scare, suspicious packages, bulk mail
Suspicious packages have been sent to National Guard and Reserve facilities in 36 states, federal authorities said Wednesday. Initial reports from the Guard that one of the packages contained a powdery substance turned out to be incorrect, officials said.
An Iowa Air National Guard unit in Sioux City was among National Guard and Reserve facilities in 36 states that have received suspicious packages in recent days, a military official confirmed today. The 185th Air Refueling Wing, which performs airborne...
Montreal police have locked down a bank in Notre-Dame-de-Grace where an armed robbery took place Thursday morning. Police received a 911 call around 10:30 a.m. from a Laurentian Bank branch on Sherbrooke Street West.
Tags: Ottawa Police, Wellington St. Ottawa, suspicious packages, Bank of Canada, Lyon, Wellington Street, Elgin
Authorities say packages sent to The Charlotte Observer and initially viewed as suspicious are not hazardous. The Observer reports that law enforcement officers responded to the newspaper's offices late Tuesday morning after at least two suspicious packages...
The city said it planned to keep the airport closed for at least the rest of Sunday while experts assessed the situation. Nelson said four flights were cancelled and between 60 and 100 travellers were evacuated to a nearby hangar and later taken to area...