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White powder mailed to Hillary Clinton’s office not harmful: police

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign HQ evacuated over white substance
Police say the campaign headquarters for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Brooklyn, New York was evacuated after a white substance was discovered. Reuters' Jillian Kitchener reports – Oct 22, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) — Police in New York say preliminary tests on a white powdery substance found in an envelope sent to Hillary Clinton’s campaign show that it was not harmful.

A spokesman for the New York Police Department says the envelope was found at Clinton’s Manhattan office, where mail is received, around 5:30 p.m. Friday. It was then taken to the 11th floor of her Brooklyn headquarters.

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The discovery of the suspicious substance caused that floor to be evacuated.

The spokesman decline to identify what the substance is, other than saying it was not harmful.

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