"Wave of Hoax Bomb Threats Leads to Evacuations at Multiple State Capitols"
TL;DR
The Kentucky State Capitol was evacuated due to a bomb threat emailed to Secretary of State offices across multiple states, including Kentucky. The threat, received early Wednesday morning, led to a search by Kentucky State Police and K9 units, but no explosives were found. The building was cleared for re-entry by noon. Deputy Secretary of State Jennifer Scutchfield, who received the threat, indicated it might be election-related and noted it wasn't the first such threat they had received. Authorities are investigating the incident, which follows a similar hoax at the Georgia Capitol.
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- Bomb threat prompts evacuation of Kentucky's State Capitol building WDRB
- FBI calls bomb threats that led to brief lockdowns and evacuations of some state capitols a hoax The Associated Press
- Michigan's Capitol building reopens after bomb threat prompts evacuation WDIV ClickOnDetroit
- Multiple state Capitols evacuated due to mass-emailed bomb threats CNN
- Maryland State House subject to bogus bomb threat Maryland Matters
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