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A Winslow man is facing federal charges after he was arrested for the possession or attempted manufacturing of the poison ricin, according to court documents.

Deadly poison ricin. the first letter was discovered monday at a washington facility on this military base that screens white house mail. it was addressed to president trump and contained a note that investigators say made no sense. two more were found at the off site facility that handles mail sent to the pentagon. they also contained crushed castor beans. they now believe a letter containing a white powder received at the offices of ted cruz is not poison. none of the three found so far were considered hazardous. but sending any mail intended to intimidate or threaten is illegal. more than...

Is expected to be charged with a terrorism threat in court today. the letters addressed to the president, fbi director, secretary of defense and chief of naval operations contained ground castor beans which contained the poison ricin. fox news alert, investigators in south carolina searching for a motive after a police officer is shot dead and 6 others wounded at a multi-million-dollar home. the war on cops escalates nationwide. good morning. >> the city of florence heartbroken after one of their officers is killed in the line of duty. police say the suspect fired todd: officers serving a warr...

Mail received yesterday. >> if these two gentlemen opened these envelopes and they got enough of it in their system, it could have harmed them. >> reporter: ricin is found naturally in castor beans, and in its purest form, can be deadly. in 2013, letters addressed to president obama and other officials did contain ricin. a mississippi man was arrested and is currently serving a 25-year jail term. >> so, let's get right to martha raddatz with us live tonight from our washington bureau. and martha, i gather the fbi will conduct another set of tests here, we know sometimes there can be false posi...

Mattis says this suspicious substance found in envelopes sent to the pentagon monday contained castor seeds, but not the toxin ricin, which is derived castor beans. the suspicious envelopes were sent to fbi laboratories for testing. they were addressed to mattis and john richardson. they tested positive at a pentagon mail screening facility yesterday. the pentagon took reporters to see the mail facility where the letters were found. the photos is what employees in the mail room where every day. a third package was sent to the white house and addressed to president trump and another was sent to...