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FBI investigating explosion at a U.S.-Canada border crossing

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the vehicle crash and explosion that left two people dead at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge.

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Authorities say a vehicle has exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls.
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A vehicle crosses the International Rainbow Bridge from Niagara Falls, Ontario, into Niagara Falls, N.Y. on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021. A border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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Law enforcement personnel block off the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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A Niagara Falls Police officer directs tourists in Niagara Falls, N.Y., away from the Rainbow Bridge border crossing after a car is reported to have exploded within the customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22.
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Law enforcement personnel block off the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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Debris is scattered about inside the customs plaza at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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Fire damage is visible to the customs plaza structure at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reads a statement about the situation at the border during Question Period, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Ottawa, Ontario. Two people were found dead in a vehicle that exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls, Wednesday, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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Law enforcement personnel block off the entrance to the Rainbow Bridge border crossing, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The border crossing between the U.S. and Canada has been closed after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on a bridge near Niagara Falls. The FBI's field office in Buffalo said in a statement that it was investigating the explosion on the Rainbow Bridge, which connects the two countries across the Niagara River.
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge.
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge.
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge.
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In this photo taken from video provided by WKBW-TV, emergency responders walk through a gate to a checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said.
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In this photo taken from video provided by WKBW-TV, smoke billows from a checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said.
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In this photo taken from video provided by WKBW-TV, emergency response vehicles block off a checkpoint at the Rainbow Bridge, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said.
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge.
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge
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Several lanes of the Rainbow Bridge border crossing between the U.S. and Canada are closed, Wednesday, Nov. 22, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, after a vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of the bridge.

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