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Counter-terrorism officials said a series of bomb threats reported across the country seemed to be a hoax after the scammers had targeted the media and the major institutions that demanded Bitcoin in exchange for their security.
Threats of attacks came in the form of spam e-mails requiring e-money redemption payments, and schools, media, police and other organizations, including at least 13 locations across New York.
"I'm writing to inform you that my man brought the bomb (Tetryl) in the building where your business is located," read one of the emails posted on social media, which required $ 20,000 in Bitcoin. "It has been assembled according to my instructions, it can be hidden everywhere because of its small size, it can not damage the supporting structures, but there will be many victims in the event of an explosion".
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"You have to pay me by the end of the working day, if you're late with the transaction the bomb will explode," the message continued. "This is just a business, if I do not see the bitcoins and a bomb explode, other companies will transfer more money to me, because it's not a single case."
Several schools and businesses have evacuated buildings in response to threats. The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina was one of the organizations that freed its structures amidst the chaos and confusion
"We have evacuated the[[[[News and Observer]"Because of the threat of a bomb", Jane Elizabeth, editor in chief of the paper, tweeted on Thursday "We have no information that this is credible, but obviously we take every precaution".
The police were responding to the threats reported in Iowa, Idaho, Oklahoma, Massachusetts and many other states. The threats are considered all hoaxes. The New York Police Department, among other forces of order throughout the country, has confirmed that there have been several bomb threats made across the country, but notes that they are not considered "credible".
1/50 December 13, 2018
Yemen's foreign minister Khaled al-Yamani (L) and head rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam shake hands during peace talks in Sweden that are overseen by the UN
AFP / Getty
2/50 December 12, 2018
Baby monkeys play on a wall of the Indian parliament in New Delhi. The macaque monkeys swarmed the parliament, destroying important documents, attacking government officials and generally threatening the state
Reuters
3/50 11 December 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes British Prime Minister Theresa May to the Berlin Chancellery. May postponed the Significant Brexit agreement, December 11, due to the risk of rejection by members of Parliament. She is currently engaged in a European tour of Europe, calling the leaders of the Netherlands, Germany and the EU in Brussels in search of new guidelines for her backstop in Northern Ireland
EPA
4/50 10 December 2018
Police investigate after an empty school bus crashed in the North Point district of Hong Kong. Two people were killed when a school bus mounted a sidewalk in a crowded Hong Kong neighborhood, trapping passers-by below and wounding 13, police said
AFP / Getty
5/50 December 9, 2018
The fan of a Boca Juniors applauds in Buenos Aires for the Copa Libertadores final against rivals River Plate. The match will be held in Madrid, a neutral ground, after it has been delayed twice due to violence
AP
6/50 December 8, 2018
Protesters wearing "yellow jackets" (gilet jaunes) collide with riot police near the Avenue des Champs Elysees in Paris during a protest against the rising cost of living that blames high taxes. – Paris was on alert with the main security measures in place in view of new "yellow jacket" protests that the authorities fear could become violent for a second consecutive weekend.
AFP / Getty
7/50 December 7, 2018
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reacts after being elected head of the Christian Democratic Union, succeeding Angela Merkel's 18-year reign
Getty
8/50 6 December 2018
Police use tear gas against protesters during a demonstration in Athens to commemorate the tenth anniversary of a fatal shooting of a teenager who sparked major clashes in Greece in 2008
AFP / Getty
9/50 5 December 2018
The flag-draped coffin of former US President George HW Bush is transported by military barricades over US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, and former first lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton, former first lady Hillary Clinton, former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter arriving at her state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral
Reuters
10/50 December 4, 2018
High school students burn a barricade in front of high school during a demonstration against French government education reform
AFP / Getty
11/50 3 December 2018
Sully, the service dog of former US President George HW Bush in his final months, lies in front of Bush's coffin in George H Lewis & Sons' burial home in Houston, Texas
Courtesy office of George HW Bush / Reuters
12/50 2 December 2018
Protesters march in Brussels to "claim the climate" while world leaders meet in Poland to discuss the Paris agreement on climate
AP
13/50 December 1, 2018
A demonstrator moves to launch a tear gas canister during a protest in Paris today against rising fuel prices
Reuters
14/50 November 30, 2018
US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are passing hands in front of other leaders during a family photo at the top of the G20 leaders in Buenos Aires, in Argentine
Reuters
15/50 November 29, 2018
Firefighters fight a fire on the Fingerfield road in the Deepwater National Park area of Queensland. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in northeastern Australia while forest fires raged across the state amidst a torrid heat wave
AFP / Getty
16/50 November 28, 2018
A child waits to receive free bread from a local charity bakery in the midst of a severe food shortage in Sana, Yemen. According to reports, nearly 22 million people in the Yemeni population of 26 million need humanitarian assistance due to increased food insecurity. The poor Arab country is experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to a brutal conflict in place for over three years that has pushed millions on the edge of the famine
EPA
17/50 November 27, 2018
A petrol bomb was thrown against Ajax fans during their Champions League away match against AEK Athens in the Greek capital. Even the supporters of the house have launched rockets on the stands
Reuters
18/50 November 26, 2018
Ukrainian activists burn rockets during their rally in front of the Russian consulate in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, on November 25, announced the decision to introduce the martial law in Ukraine for a period of 60 days. Russia seized three Ukrainian ships while leaving the Kerch Strait. The two small armored artillery "Berdiansk" and "Nikopol" had come under enemy fire and now they are dead in the water. The "Yany Kapu" tugboat was stopped by force and captured by special forces of the Russian Federation
EPA
19/50 November 25, 2018
Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender-based violence in Istanbul on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
AFP / Getty
20/50 24 November 2018
River Plate fans clash with riot police after the second match of the Copa Libertadores final against rivals Boc Juniors has been postponed
Reuters
21/50 November 23, 2018
Elias Lopez, a three-year-old Honduran migrant, plays between the shields of a Mexican riot police line, when the group he belonged to tried to cross the Chaparral border in Tijuana, Mexico. Elias Lopez is part of a group of Central American migrants who marched peacefully at the border crossing to demand better conditions and push to enter the United States
AP
22/50 22 November 2018
The soldiers of the Lebanese army march during a parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Independence Day of Lebanon, in Beirut, to commemorate the liberation from the French mandate on 22 November 1943
EPA
23/50 November 21, 2018
Indian Muslim devotees waving flags as they parade on top of a street during the Eid-Milad-Un-Nabi celebrations in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
AFP / Getty
24/50 November 20, 2018
At least 50 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber hit a group of Muslim religion scholars in Kabul, officials in Afghanistan say.
Hundreds of clerics had gathered to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in a large marriage hall in the capital before the explosion occurred, said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
Wahi Majroh, from Afghanistan's public health ministry, said another 83 people were injured by the bomber.
"The victims of the attack are unfortunately all religious scholars gathered to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad," said Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the chief of police in Kabul
Reuters
25/50 November 19, 2018
A view of the eruption of the Fuego volcano at sunrise, seen from El Rodeo, Escuintla, Guatemala. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from several villages due to the strong eruption, which is located 50 kilometers west of the Guatemalan capital
EPA
26/50 November 18, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron is applauded after speaking in front of the Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) while the German parliament is commemorating the victims of wars and dictatorships in Berlin. The leaders of France and Germany jointly remember the victims of the European wars, also presenting a united front in countering the global turbulence fueled by US President Donald Trump
AFP / Getty
27/50 November 17, 2018
People wearing yellow jackets, symbol of a national protest by French drivers against rising fuel prices, block the Paris-Brussels motorway in Haulchin, France
Reuters
28/50 November 16, 2018
People hold banners of Jamal Khashoggi during a symbolic funeral prayer for the Saudi journalist, killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October, in the courtyard of the Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Turkey has more evidence that contradicts the Saudi version of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including a second audio recording, which reveals that the murder had been premeditated, a Turkish newspaper reported on November 16, in contradiction with the Saudi prosecutor's statement saying that five Saudi officials have suffered the death penalty on charges of killing Khashoggi, but have exonerated the country's powerful prince for involvement in the murder
AFP / Getty
29/50 November 15, 2018
Alexei Navalny leaves today the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that Russia's repeated arrests at Navalny were politically motivated
AP
30/50 November 14, 2018
A crew member accompanies a migrant child from a plane carrying a group of 51 migrants from Niger, with the right to international protection, after his landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south From Rome
AFP / Getty
31/50 November 13, 2018
Palestinians gather in front of the damaged buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes that hit the area overnight. The Israeli plane hit Gaza on 12 November, killing three Palestinians and wounding nine after a barrage of rocket firing into its territory from the enclave. The blaze came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip, over the weekend, left Hamas promising revenge
AFP / Getty
32/50 November 12, 2018
Floral tributes outside the Pilgrims' Melbourne Cafe for Sixtus Malaspina, after he was stabbed to death last Friday in an attack, the police called an act of terrorism in Australia
Reuters
33/50 11 November 2018
Heads of states and world leaders participate in the ceremonies of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government took part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of the sacrifice for the millions of people who died since 1914-18
AP
34/50 10 November 2018
Firefighters push down a wall as they fight a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California. A rapid end-of-season fire in northern California burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. Up to 1,000 homes, a hospital, a Safeway store, and dozens of other facilities burned in the area while the campfire crossed the region
AFP / Getty
35/50 November 9, 2018
A Fly Jamaica plane en route to Toronto Airport lands at an airport in Guyana as a result of a technical problem. At least six passengers were injured
Cheddi Jagan International Airport
36/50 November 8, 2018
An agent from the FBI talks to a potential witness while they are near the scene on Thursday in Thousand Oaks, California. where an armed man opened fire Wednesday inside a country dance bar crowded by hundreds of people during the "college night", injuring 11 people including a deputy who rushed to the scene. Ventura County sheriff's spokesman says the killer has died inside the bar.
AP
37/50 November 7, 2018
Congress Democrat candidate Ilhan Omar celebrates with her husband's mother after winning a congress during the US mid-term elections. In making her she became the first joint Muslim woman to be elected in a congress alongside Rashida Tlaib
Reuters
38/50 6 November 2018
Voters vote for their vote at the center of Tuttle Park Recreation Center, in Columbus, Ohio. In the United States, voters went to the polls in one of the most important mid-term elections in recent years
AP
39/50 5 November 2018
Members of the Your Vote Matters group encourage people to vote before an event hosted by US Senator Claire McCaskill while campaigning for the United States Senate in Saint Louis, Missour. McCaskill, a Democrat, faces a challenge from Republican Attorney General Missouri Josh Hawley in November general elections
EPA
40/50 November 4, 2018
Police officers and rescuers work in the place where a truck broke into a car at a Lanzhou toll in the north-western province of Gansu, China. The out-of-control truck crashed into a formation of 31 cars and killed 15 people, with 44 injured
AFP / Getty
41/50 3 November 2018
Simone Biles on the podium with his gold medal from the exercise of the world gymnastics championships. She became the most decorated female gymnast in the history of the world, as well as becoming the first American to win a medal in every competition event
AFP / Getty
42/50 2 November 2018
A Salvadorian migrant with a girl walks next to the Guatemalan police as they approach the international border bridge between Guatemala and Mexico to Ciudad Tecun Uman. By accessing the Directorate General for Salvadoran migrations, more than 1,700 Salvadorans left the country in two caravans and entered Guatemala on Wednesday in an attempt to reach the United States.
AFP / Getty
43/50 1 November 2018
Google employees show signs outside the fourteenth park after emerging from a global protest over allegations of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism at the technology giant
Reuters
44/50 31 October 2018
The "Statue of Unity" depicting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during his inauguration in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat, in India
Reuters
45/50 October 30, 2018
An excavation collects recyclable materials along the breakwater in the midst of strong waves while the meteorological models of Typhoon Yutu influence Manila Bay. Proud winds took off the roofs and broke the trees in half, after thousands of people were evacuated before the storm came
AFP / Getty
46/50 29 October 2018
Save the team members who collect the remains of the crashed aircraft at the port of Tanjung Priok, Indonesia. A Lion Air JT-610 flight lost contact with air traffic controllers immediately after takeoff and then crashed into the sea. The flight was en route to Pangkal Pinang and, reportedly, there were 189 people on board
EPA
47/50 28 October 2018
A supporter of the presidential candidate of the Workers' Party, Fernando Haddad, embraces a tearful supportive comrade, after learning that rival Jair Bolsonaro has been declared the winner of the presidential election of the Brazilian outflow. Addressing the supporters of St. Paul, Haddad did not give or mention Bolsonaro by name. Instead, his speech was a promise to resist
AP
48/50 October 27, 2018
The first rescuers surround the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a shooter opened fire, injuring three policemen and killing eleven
AP
49/50 October 26, 2018
The Broward County Sheriff's Office issued a photo of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect arrested in connection with the pipe bombs that were sent to several high-profile Democrats and critics of President Trump during this week
AP
50/50 October 25, 2018
The East Island in Hawaii was swallowed by the sea after Hurricane Walaka
US Fish and Wildlife Service
1/50 December 13, 2018
Yemen's foreign minister Khaled al-Yamani (L) and head rebel negotiator Mohammed Abdelsalam shake hands during peace talks in Sweden that are overseen by the UN
AFP / Getty
2/50 December 12, 2018
Baby monkeys play on a wall of the Indian parliament in New Delhi. The macaque monkeys swarmed the parliament, destroying important documents, attacking government officials and generally threatening the state
Reuters
3/50 11 December 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes British Prime Minister Theresa May to the Berlin Chancellery. May postponed the Significant Brexit agreement, December 11, due to the risk of rejection by members of Parliament. She is currently engaged in a European tour of Europe, calling the leaders of the Netherlands, Germany and the EU in Brussels in search of new guidelines for her backstop in Northern Ireland
EPA
4/50 10 December 2018
Police investigate after an empty school bus crashed in the North Point district of Hong Kong. Two people were killed when a school bus mounted a sidewalk in a crowded Hong Kong neighborhood, trapping passers-by below and wounding 13, police said
AFP / Getty
5/50 December 9, 2018
The fan of a Boca Juniors applauds in Buenos Aires for the Copa Libertadores final against rivals River Plate. The match will be held in Madrid, a neutral ground, after it has been delayed twice due to violence
AP
6/50 December 8, 2018
Protesters wearing "yellow jackets" (gilet jaunes) collide with riot police near the Avenue des Champs Elysees in Paris during a protest against the rising cost of living that blames high taxes. – Paris was on alert with the main security measures in place in view of new "yellow jacket" protests that the authorities fear could become violent for a second consecutive weekend.
AFP / Getty
7/50 December 7, 2018
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer reacts after being elected head of the Christian Democratic Union, succeeding Angela Merkel's 18-year reign
Getty
8/50 6 December 2018
Police use tear gas against protesters during a demonstration in Athens to commemorate the tenth anniversary of a fatal shooting of a teenager who sparked major clashes in Greece in 2008
AFP / Getty
9/50 5 December 2018
The flag-draped coffin of former US President George HW Bush is transported by military barricades over US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, former President Barack Obama, and former first lady Michelle Obama, former president Bill Clinton, former first lady Hillary Clinton, former president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter arriving at her state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral
Reuters
10/50 December 4, 2018
High school students burn a barricade in front of high school during a demonstration against French government education reform
AFP / Getty
11/50 3 December 2018
Sully, the service dog of former US President George HW Bush in his final months, lies in front of Bush's coffin in George H Lewis & Sons' burial home in Houston, Texas
Courtesy office of George HW Bush / Reuters
12/50 2 December 2018
Protesters march in Brussels to "claim the climate" while world leaders meet in Poland to discuss the Paris agreement on climate
AP
13/50 December 1, 2018
A demonstrator moves to launch a tear gas canister during a protest in Paris today against rising fuel prices
Reuters
14/50 November 30, 2018
US President Donald Trump, British Prime Minister Theresa May, French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are passing hands in front of other leaders during a family photo at the top of the G20 leaders in Buenos Aires, in Argentine
Reuters
15/50 November 29, 2018
Firefighters fight a fire on the Fingerfield road in the Deepwater National Park area of Queensland. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in northeastern Australia while forest fires raged across the state amidst a torrid heat wave
AFP / Getty
16/50 November 28, 2018
A child waits to receive free bread from a local charity bakery in the midst of a severe food shortage in Sana, Yemen. According to reports, nearly 22 million people in the Yemeni population of 26 million need humanitarian assistance due to increased food insecurity. The poor Arab country is experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to a brutal conflict in place for over three years that has pushed millions on the edge of the famine
EPA
17/50 November 27, 2018
A petrol bomb was thrown against Ajax fans during their Champions League away match against AEK Athens in the Greek capital. Even the supporters of the house have launched rockets on the stands
Reuters
18/50 November 26, 2018
Ukrainian activists burn rockets during their rally in front of the Russian consulate in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, at a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, on November 25, announced the decision to introduce the martial law in Ukraine for a period of 60 days. Russia seized three Ukrainian ships while leaving the Kerch Strait. The two small armored artillery "Berdiansk" and "Nikopol" had come under enemy fire and now they are dead in the water. The "Yany Kapu" tugboat was stopped by force and captured by special forces of the Russian Federation
EPA
19/50 November 25, 2018
Women's rights activists gather to march through Taksim Square to protest against gender-based violence in Istanbul on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
AFP / Getty
20/50 24 November 2018
River Plate fans clash with riot police after the second match of the Copa Libertadores final against rivals Boc Juniors has been postponed
Reuters
21/50 November 23, 2018
Elias Lopez, a three-year-old Honduran migrant, plays between the shields of a Mexican riot police line, when the group he belonged to tried to cross the Chaparral border in Tijuana, Mexico. Elias Lopez is part of a group of Central American migrants who marched peacefully at the border crossing to demand better conditions and push to enter the United States
AP
22/50 22 November 2018
The soldiers of the Lebanese army march during a parade to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Independence Day of Lebanon, in Beirut, to commemorate the liberation from the French mandate on 22 November 1943
EPA
23/50 November 21, 2018
Indian Muslim devotees waving flags as they parade on top of a street during the Eid-Milad-Un-Nabi celebrations in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
AFP / Getty
24/50 November 20, 2018
At least 50 people were killed and dozens more injured when a suicide bomber hit a group of Muslim religion scholars in Kabul, officials in Afghanistan say.
Hundreds of clerics had gathered to celebrate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad in a large marriage hall in the capital before the explosion occurred, said Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish.
Wahi Majroh, from Afghanistan's public health ministry, said another 83 people were injured by the bomber.
"The victims of the attack are unfortunately all religious scholars gathered to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad," said Basir Mujahid, spokesman for the chief of police in Kabul
Reuters
25/50 November 19, 2018
A view of the eruption of the Fuego volcano at sunrise, seen from El Rodeo, Escuintla, Guatemala. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated from several villages due to the strong eruption, which is located 50 kilometers west of the Guatemalan capital
EPA
26/50 November 18, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron is applauded after speaking in front of the Bundestag (Lower House of Parliament) while the German parliament is commemorating the victims of wars and dictatorships in Berlin. The leaders of France and Germany jointly remember the victims of the European wars, also presenting a united front in countering the global turbulence fueled by US President Donald Trump
AFP / Getty
27/50 November 17, 2018
People wearing yellow jackets, symbol of a national protest by French drivers against rising fuel prices, block the Paris-Brussels motorway in Haulchin, France
Reuters
28/50 November 16, 2018
People hold banners of Jamal Khashoggi during a symbolic funeral prayer for the Saudi journalist, killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October, in the courtyard of the Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Turkey has more evidence that contradicts the Saudi version of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, including a second audio recording, which reveals that the murder had been premeditated, a Turkish newspaper reported on November 16, in contradiction with the Saudi prosecutor's statement saying that five Saudi officials have suffered the death penalty on charges of killing Khashoggi, but have exonerated the country's powerful prince for involvement in the murder
AFP / Getty
29/50 November 15, 2018
Alexei Navalny leaves today the European Court of Human Rights. The court ruled that Russia's repeated arrests at Navalny were politically motivated
AP
30/50 November 14, 2018
A crew member accompanies a migrant child from a plane carrying a group of 51 migrants from Niger, with the right to international protection, after his landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south From Rome
AFP / Getty
31/50 November 13, 2018
Palestinians gather in front of the damaged buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes that hit the area overnight. The Israeli plane hit Gaza on 12 November, killing three Palestinians and wounding nine after a barrage of rocket firing into its territory from the enclave. The blaze came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip, over the weekend, left Hamas promising revenge
AFP / Getty
32/50 November 12, 2018
Floral tributes outside the Pilgrims' Melbourne Cafe for Sixtus Malaspina, after he was stabbed to death last Friday in an attack, the police called an act of terrorism in Australia
Reuters
33/50 11 November 2018
Heads of states and world leaders participate in the ceremonies of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government took part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of the sacrifice for the millions of people who died since 1914-18
AP
34/50 10 November 2018
Firefighters push down a wall as they fight a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California. A rapid end-of-season fire in northern California burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. Up to 1,000 homes, a hospital, a Safeway store, and dozens of other facilities burned in the area while the campfire crossed the region
AFP / Getty
35/50 November 9, 2018
A Fly Jamaica plane en route to Toronto Airport lands at an airport in Guyana as a result of a technical problem. At least six passengers were injured
Cheddi Jagan International Airport
36/50 8 novembre 2018
Un agente dell'FBI parla con un potenziale testimone mentre stanno vicino alla scena giovedì a Thousand Oaks, in California. dove un uomo armato ha aperto il fuoco mercoledì all'interno di un country dance bar affollato da centinaia di persone durante la "notte del college", ferendo 11 persone tra cui un vice che si è precipitato sul posto. Il portavoce dello sceriffo della contea di Ventura dice che il sicario è morto all'interno del bar.
AP
37/50 7 novembre 2018
Il candidato democratico al Congresso Ilhan Omar festeggia con la madre del marito dopo aver vinto un congresso durante le elezioni di metà mandato degli Stati Uniti. Nel fare lei è diventata la prima donna musulmana congiunta ad essere eletta in un congresso al fianco di Rashida Tlaib
Reuters
38/50 6 novembre 2018
Gli elettori votano il loro voto al centro di Tuttle Park Recreation Center, a Columbus, Ohio. Negli Stati Uniti, gli elettori si sono diretti alle urne in una delle elezioni di medio termine più importanti degli ultimi anni
AP
39/50 5 novembre 2018
I membri del gruppo Your Vote Matters incoraggiano le persone a votare prima di un evento ospitato dal senatore americano Claire McCaskill mentre fa campagne per il Senato degli Stati Uniti a Saint Louis, Missour. McCaskill, un democratico, affronta una sfida del procuratore generale repubblicano Missouri Josh Hawley alle elezioni generali di novembre
EPA
40/50 4 novembre 2018
Ufficiali di polizia e soccorritori lavorano nel luogo in cui un camion ha fatto irruzione in auto a un casello di Lanzhou, nella provincia nord-occidentale di Gansu, in Cina. Il camion fuori controllo si è schiantato contro una formazione di 31 auto e ha ucciso 15 persone, con 44 feriti
AFP / Getty
41/50 3 novembre 2018
Simone Biles sul podio con la sua medaglia d'oro dall'esercizio al piano dei campionati mondiali di ginnastica. È diventata la ginnasta femminile più decorata nella storia del mondo, oltre a diventare la prima americana a vincere una medaglia in ogni evento della competizione
AFP / Getty
42/50 2 novembre 2018
Un migrante salvadoregno con una ragazza cammina accanto ai poliziotti guatemaltechi mentre si avvicinano al ponte di confine internazionale tra Guatemala e Messico a Ciudad Tecun Uman. Accedendo alla Direzione generale delle migrazioni salvadoregne, oltre 1.700 salvadoregni hanno lasciato il paese in due carovane e sono entrati mercoledì in Guatemala, nel tentativo di raggiungere gli Stati Uniti.
AFP / Getty
43/50 1 novembre 2018
I dipendenti di Google mostrano cartelli al di fuori del quattordicesimo parco, dopo essere usciti da una protesta globale per le accuse di molestie sessuali, disuguaglianza di genere e razzismo sistemico al gigante della tecnologia
Reuters
44/50 31 ottobre 2018
La "Statua dell'Unità" raffigurante Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, uno dei padri fondatori dell'India, durante la sua inaugurazione a Kevadia, nello stato occidentale del Gujarat, in India
Reuters
45/50 30 ottobre 2018
Uno scavo raccoglie materiali riciclabili lungo il frangiflutti in mezzo a forti onde mentre i modelli meteorologici del Typhoon Yutu influenzano Manila Bay. Venti fieri tolsero i tetti e spezzarono gli alberi a metà, dopo che migliaia di persone furono evacuate prima dell'arrivo della potente tempesta
AFP / Getty
46/50 29 ottobre 2018
Salva i membri della squadra che raccolgono i resti dell'aereo schiantato al porto di Tanjung Priok, in Indonesia. Un volo Lion Air JT-610 ha perso il contatto con i controllori del traffico aereo subito dopo il decollo e poi si è schiantato in mare. Il volo era in rotta verso Pangkal Pinang e, a quanto riferito, c'erano 189 persone a bordo
EPA
47/50 28 ottobre 2018
Un sostenitore del candidato presidenziale del Partito dei Lavoratori, Fernando Haddad, abbraccia un compagno sostenitore piangente, dopo aver appreso che il rivale Jair Bolsonaro è stato dichiarato il vincitore delle elezioni presidenziali del deflusso del Brasile. Rivolgendosi ai sostenitori di San Paolo, Haddad non ha concesso né menzionato Bolsonaro per nome. Invece, il suo discorso era una promessa di resistere
AP
48/50 27 ottobre 2018
I primi soccorritori circondano la Tree of Life Synagogue di Pittsburgh, dove un tiratore ha aperto il fuoco, ferendo tre poliziotti e uccidendo undici
AP
49/50 26 ottobre 2018
Broward County Sheriff's office have released a photo of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect who was arrested in connection with the pipe bombs that have been sent to several high profile Democrats and critics of President Trump over the course of this week
AP
50/50 25 October 2018
East Island in Hawaii has been swallowed by the sea following Hurricane Walaka
US Fish and Wildlife Service
"Please be advised – there is an email being circulated containing a bomb threat asking for bitcoin payment," the NYPD tweeted. "While this email has been sent to numerous locations, searches have been conducted and NO DEVICES have been found."
On Thursday at 2:53pm ET, the NYPD announced it did not find the bomb threats to be credible.
"At this time, it appears that these threats are meant to cause disruption and/or obtain money," the NYPD tweeted. "We'll respond to each call regarding these emails to conduct a search but we wanted to share this information so the credibility of these threats can be assessed as likely NOT CREDIBLE.
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These threats came just one day after Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters had to evacuate its building in response to a bomb threats.
Several people on Twitter have shared similar spam emails sent to them demanding ransom bitcoin payment or else it will detonate a bomb at their business, school, or home.
"The Bitcoin-spam-scammers have moved on from fake blackmail threats to fake bomb threats," Tom Scott, a popular YouTube personality, tweeted. "So far no-one's paid anything to the address, and I suspect it'll stay that way."
"So I actually just got a bomb threat in my work email today ordering me to send the person $20,000 via bitcoin or they will blow up my place of work," another Twitter user wrote. "2018 is wild."
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