caution

Police Chief Jim McDonnell promised the department was taking the matter seriously but cautioned that city laws prohibit the outright termination of officers without due process.

Yet police refrained from telling the public that they believed the plot was fake "out of an abundance of caution", as they continued to receive tip-offs about other related terror plots.

Experts have cautioned for months that the latest quakes don’t provide any additional clarity on the timing of Southern California’s next devastating earthquake.

But experts urged caution when interpreting these results before the study can be verified and peer-reviewed.

Analysts cautioned that the report did not yet reflect the full extent of the cuts that the White House has announced.