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Police briefly evacuated the Time Warner Center in New York for a second time in two days as a precaution after finding two unattended packages at a mall located in the building.<\/p>\n
The evacuation came on the heels of Wednesday\u2019s bomb scare, in which an explosive device addressed to former CIA director John Brennan was discovered in CNN\u2019s mail room. That device was one of 10 mailed to prominent Democrats and other public figures who have been critical of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n
Shortly\u00a0before the Thursday evacuation, a Florida courthouse was evacuated when officials discovered a suspicious device with protruding wires in the building. Federal investigators are zeroing in on South Florida as the origin of the packages, none of which exploded and all of which were intercepted before reaching their targets.<\/p>\n
\nAs a precaution, the NYPD is currently evaluating a pair of unattended packages at the Time Warner Center Mall, Columbus Circle in Manhattan. More information will be released as it becomes available. pic.twitter.com\/VqrzHZJ6zv<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 26, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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Police evacuated the first, second, and third floors of the shopping center \u201cout of an abundance of caution\u201d<\/em> as they investigated the suspicious items. The CNN offices do not appear to have been affected.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n \nAsked of NYPD what is happening, was told \u201cit\u2019s a drill\u201d<\/p>\n
Obviously, this is some drill at 730pm on a week like this.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Tony Morrison (@THETonyMorrison) October 25, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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The NYPD gave the all-clear about an hour after the evacuation,\u00a0after investigating the packages and determining they were not a threat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n