Powder in bombshades New York innocent

washington - The white powder that was attached in an envelope to packets of pipe bombs sent to New York is probably innocent. According to a first analysis, the stuff did not constitute a 'biological threat.' A federal police officer FBI announced this during a press conference on Thursday. It still has to be sorted out for which substance it is.

After the discovery of a suspicious package in CNN's mailroom, the news channel building in New York was vacated as a precaution.