<p>Updated, 2:23 p.m. | Times Square has been re-opened after the police took away a grayish canvas bag of the kind used to hold lunches. The police said it contained bottled water.</p>
<p>Updated, 1:39 p.m. | The north end of Times Square has been evacuated, from West 44th to West 47th Streets, after the police received reports of a suspicious package near Seventh Avenue and and West 46th Street at about 12:45 p.m.</p>