A suspicious parcel discovered at the Iowa Secretary of State's Office Monday was one of dozens of targeted mailings sent to election officials across the country this week. The parcels, deemed nonhazardous by officials,

Election officials in Iowa and at least four other states were the target Monday of what appears to be a coordinated series of threats or acts of intimidation involving suspicious parcels. State officials evacuated the Lucas State Office Building in Des Moines on Monday after a suspicious parcel was discovered at the Secretary of State’s

Suspicious packages were sent to election officials in at least six states on Monday, but there were no reports that any of the packages contained hazardous material. Powder-containing packages were sent to secretaries of state and state election offices in Iowa,

The FBI and the U.S. postal service are investigating what they call suspicious letters that were sent to election officials in Massachusetts and at least five other states.