Time Warner building in N.Y. evacuated due to suspicious package: police
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Members of the public and media are pictured outside the Time Warner Center in the Manahattan borough of New York City after a suspicious package was found inside the CNN Headquarters in New York, U.S., October 24, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs
By Jonathan Allen
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Time Warner Building in New York City was evacuated on Wednesday morning after a suspicious package that had been mailed was found in the CNN mail room, New York police and CNN said.
The New York Police Department's bomb squad "believes they have this under control" and that the package appears to be an explosive device, CNN reported.
The package contained a device that looked like a pipe, similar to those found at other locations, including the homes of former President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
There were wires in the package found at the CNN mail room, the network reported.
Two new anchors were on air shortly after 10 a.m. when a fire alarm was audible to viewers, and the network went on a commercial break. After the commercials, reporters from the CNN bureau in New York were seen on air outside on the street.
The NYPD said the package to CNN was reported to police at 9:53 a.m. local time on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Jonathan Allen in New York; Additional reporting by Bernie Woodall in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)
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