Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Monday, November 6, 2017.
Chicago Police Department discredit rumors of increased terrorism risk
The Chicago Police Department discredited social media rumors of a heightened terror threat against Chicago over the weekend. “Earlier this evening we became aware of messages being shared on social media and by text speculating about a rumored terrorist threat,” the director of the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, said in a statement Friday night. “I have personally spoken with our federal law enforcement partners tonight and there remain no credible threats to Chicago or to any event in our city.” [Sun-Times]
