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Xavier University given all clear after bomb threat

Students will attend class in person this afternoon as scheduled.

Xavier University has been given the all clear after receiving a bomb threat early Tuesday morning, according to school officials. 

Students will attend class in person this afternoon as scheduled.

Five other HBCU's recieved bomb threats on Tuesday Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; Kentucky State University in Frankfort; Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida; and Fort Valley State University in Fort Valley, Georgia, according to USA Today reports.

Albany State University in Georgia; Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Bowie State University in Maryland; Southern University and A&M College in Louisiana; Bethune-Cookman University in Florida; and Delaware State University responded to bomb threats Monday, with many of them locking down their campuses. In warnings to students, school officials say some of the threats were directed at academic buildings. 

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