SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES PROBE

AUTHORITIES were investigating suspicious packages sent to former US president Barack Obama and former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the US Secret Service said yesterday.

The package to Clinton was found on Tuesday while another, addressed to Obama, was found yesterday, during routine mail screenings. Both Obama and Clinton were not at risk, authorities said.

The package addressed to Clinton at her home in Chappaqua was an explosive device, the New York Times reported. The discovery of the packages came after a small bomb was found earlier this week at the home of billionaire liberal donor George Soros, in Katonah.