Several people at a US military base fall ill after suspicious package with white powder opened, CNN reportsA satellite image shows tents set up near the runway at the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, Oct 29, 2025. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERSA suspicious package containing white powder delivered to a US military base in Maryland caused multiple people to fall ill and led to several being hospitalised, CNN reported on Thursday. A building on the base was evacuated after an individual "opened a suspicious package," CNN said, citing a statement from Joint Base Andrews, located outside Washington, DC. The package contained an unknown white powder, said CNN, citing two sources familiar with the investigation. The US Department of Defense and Joint Base Andrews did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
