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Authorities investigate suspicious mailings to election offices
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Powder-containing packages led to evacuations of election offices in at least two states.
Federal authorities are investigating letters containing suspicious or unknown substances sent to congressional and election offices nationwide. Louisiana and Oklahoma offices received white powder; New York and Wyoming also received suspicious packages, while some mailings were intercepted.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- United States Postal Inspection Service
- United States Capitol Police
- United States
3 sourcesPBS News, The Guardian, BBC NewsUpdated
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Federal authorities are investigating suspicious mailings sent to congressional and election offices nationwide.
3 of 3 sources“Federal authorities say they are investigating "potentially hazardous" letters containing "suspicious substances" that have been sent to congressional and state election offices around the US.”
Some of the suspicious letters contained an unknown substance.
3 of 3 sources“The Oklahoma State Election Board and the Louisiana secretary of state both said their offices had received letters containing a white powder.”