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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A news agency and witnesses say there were two explosions today in the center of Turkey's capital that left at least 30 people dead and 126 injured as they gathered for a peace rally. The explosions occurred minutes apart near Ankara's train station. The rally organized by the country's public sector workers' trade union aimed to call for an end to the renewed violence between Kurdish rebels and Turkish security forces. It's not clear if the attacks were suicide bombings. Turkey's election are Nov. 1.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say there's no telling how soon a 13-mile section of I-95 in South Carolina will reopen after last weekend's rain and flooding. A contractor will begin working today to shore up the washed out foundations under some of the 18 small bridges that crisscross two rivers and swamps along the stretch of interstate.
CORONA, Calif. (AP) — A partial bridge collapse has injured at least nine construction workers in Southern California. The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports the collapse site is at a 91 freeway undercrossing. KABC TV says all of the victims were crew members on a project to widen the bridge, and they were transported to the nearest hospital in unknown conditions.
NEW YORK (AP) — A dispute over who should pay is threatening a plan to upgrade and modernize New York City's once-gleaming but now aging subway system featuring aging stops controlled by cloth-insulated electrical wiring and signal devices almost as old as the tunnels themselves. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a $29 billion modernization plan. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants the city to kick in $3.2 billion in addition to $8 billion from the state. The city offer is $2.5 billion.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The safety of Washington's subway system is now in federal hands. Department of Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in a letter posted Friday on the department's website that Federal Transit Administration officials could intervene when safety concerns arise on Metro. Day-to-day operations would continue under Metro. The government took action after safety lapses.
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