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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert
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Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert

The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after it received a written threatByThe Associated PressOctober 14, 2023, 8:08 AMStaff wait after the evacuation of the Louvre museum, in Paris, Saturday Oct. 14, 2023. The Louvre Museum says it is closing for the day and evacuating all visitors and staff after a threat. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla)The Associated PressPARIS -- The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats. The government has put France on high security alert after a fatal school stabbing by a suspected extremist.The Louvre communication service said no one was hurt and no incident was reported. Paris police said officers searched the museum after it received written bomb...
Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival
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Lil Nas X documentary premiere delayed by bomb threat at Toronto International Film Festival

The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film FestivalByThe Associated PressSeptember 10, 2023, 4:02 PMLil Nas X arrives on the red carpet ahead of the premiere of "Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero" at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, in Toronto. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)The Associated PressTORONTO -- The premiere of the documentary “Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero” was delayed after a bomb threat was called in at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Saturday night premiere of the film at Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall was delayed by about 20 minutes while authorities verified that the threat wasn't credible. Lil Nas X was kept off the red carpet ...