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| Hillary Clinton campaign HQ evacuated after 'white substance' found | Hillary Clinton campaign HQ evacuated after 'white substance' found |
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| Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn have been evacuated after a white substance was discovered in an envelope, according to police. | Hillary Clinton's campaign headquarters in Brooklyn have been evacuated after a white substance was discovered in an envelope, according to police. |
| The substance was first discovered by two interns at a campaign office in Manhattan at around 5pm local time and was taken to Ms Clinton's Brooklyn headquarters, triggering the evacuation of the 11th floor, a New York Police Department spokesman said. | The substance was first discovered by two interns at a campaign office in Manhattan at around 5pm local time and was taken to Ms Clinton's Brooklyn headquarters, triggering the evacuation of the 11th floor, a New York Police Department spokesman said. |
| A total of four people were exposed to the substance, police said, though there have been no injuries or reported illnesses. Police are testing the substance and investigating the case. | A total of four people were exposed to the substance, police said, though there have been no injuries or reported illnesses. Police are testing the substance and investigating the case. |
| Ms Clinton was not in New York at the time of the evacuation. | Ms Clinton was not in New York at the time of the evacuation. |
| The former Secretary of State was at a community college in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of a campaign tour. | The former Secretary of State was at a community college in Cleveland, Ohio, as part of a campaign tour. |
| New polls show Ms Clinton is closing in on Donald Trump in the key battleground state — meaning her campaign has glimpsed the possibility of sweeping to victory across all the traditional swing states. | New polls show Ms Clinton is closing in on Donald Trump in the key battleground state — meaning her campaign has glimpsed the possibility of sweeping to victory across all the traditional swing states. |
| The evacuation of her office comes after she claimed her rival was a threat to American democracy for not vowing to honour the results of the upcoming Presidential election. | |
| Ms Clinton said she had visited countries whose leaders jailed their political opponents and refused to accept the results of elections they did not win. | |
| “We know in our country the difference between leadership and dictatorship,” she said. | “We know in our country the difference between leadership and dictatorship,” she said. |
| If Mr Trump refused to concede defeat, it would enormously complicate Ms Clinton's crucial early weeks in office. | |
| The property tyccoon plans to lay out his closing arguments for support with a speech Saturday in Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, where he will be focussing on the priorities for the first 100 days of his presidency. Clinton has two events of her own in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. |