{"id":"71a219cd-2e0c-452f-9fd4-2dc6d05e27b4","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmq8n513x523o","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"Letters with 'suspicious substances' sent to US election offices","plainHeadline":"Letters with suspicious substances sent to US election offices","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Federal authorities investigate potentially hazardous letters sent to election offices nationwide.","FBI and USPIS are tracing the suspicious mailings and some were intercepted before delivery.","Several secretaries of state and congressional offices reported receiving the letters.","Oklahoma and Louisiana offices received white powder; Louisiana evacuation occurred but no harmful substance found.","The incidents occurred weeks before the midterm elections, echoing past security scares around elections."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity","Environment"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T19:13:09.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T19:21:38.197Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/d7022095-fb54-4486-a1ca-103633e81cf1","storyId":"d7022095-fb54-4486-a1ca-103633e81cf1","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/9974/live/7783af20-c8c4-11f1-95b2-9f12d414946d.jpg","author":"Grace Eliza Goodwin","dek":"A number of states have confirmed they were targeted by the mailings, including Oklahoma, Ohio and Louisiana."}