Is the South Korea-U.S. alliance deteriorating?
Suspicious package prompts Medical Center scare
A suspicious package found in a trash can prompted a scare in the Texas Medical Center, interrupting Metro's light rail service and closing some streets, but was found to contain only innocent items, police said.
The scare began around 1:15 p.m. when police were notified someone had dropped a backpack in a garbage can at the Texas Medical Center Transit Center on Fannin.
Bomb-detecting dogs with the Metropolitan Transit Authority's Police Department indicated there might be something suspicious inside the package, so the Houston Police Department's Bomb Squad was summoned to the transit center, said Metro spokesman Ken Connaughton.
The scare prompted Fannin to be closed to all traffic and suspended light rail service for about 20 minutes, he said.
The bomb squad eventually cut open the backpack and found a knife, some clothing and nitroglycerin tablets intended for medicinal purposes. Whoever tossed the backpack likely intended no harm, police said.
"They apparently just didn't need the stuff anymore and threw it away, but they didn't realize in a modern world, that scares people," said HPD Capt. Mike Walker.
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"Is the South Korea-U.S. alliance deteriorating?"
No, but the overall situation is.
Rapidly.