New England Institute of Art evacuated

BOSTON -- The New England Institute of Art was evacuated on Thursday after a bomb threat.

Police said someone sent a threatening letter to the school on Thursday morning. All of the students were taken out of the classrooms as a precaution while police search the school with K-9 units.

Police later determined that there was no bomb in the building.

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