No Bomb Found Inside Van Abandoned in New York's Times Square
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New York City's Times Square has been reopened to traffic after a bomb squad found no explosive devices in an abandoned van parked in the area.
Investigators used a robot-based camera to examine a 1992 Dodge van with tinted windows that had been parked at the location for two days.
A placard from a nonexistent law enforcement agency was reportedly on the dashboard of the vehicle, which has no license plates.
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The area around 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway was briefly blocked off as a precaution, and two high-rise buildings home to Nasdaq and Conde Nast were partially evacuated.
Upwards of a million people are expected to pour into Times Square for the annual New Year's Eve celebration Thursday night.