Officials examine suspicious packages in US, UK

This appears to be worldwide and to have originated in Yemen. All over the news right now.

Excerpt: PHILADELPHIA – A suspicious package in the United Kingdom has prompted searches of three UPS planes and a truck in the U.S.

New York City police say all the suspicious packages being examined in the U.S. came from Yemen. No explosives were reported to have been found.

During a security screening process in the United Kingdom, officials found a suspicious item on a cargo plane, according to a U.S. government official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.

Read AP release here.