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LOS ANGELES 鈥?An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed for more than a week because of an arson fire is expected to reopen ahead of Monday mornings commute, a day earlier than previously announced and weeks ahead of the original estimate, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Sunday.The Nov. 11 blaze, fed by flammable materials stored under the roadway in violation of a companys leas stanley us e, shut a mile-long stretch of Interstate 10 near downtown, snarling traffic as repair crews worked around the clock. Officials had said last week that all lanes were expected to reopen by Tuesday, but moved it up to Monday after significant progress.Newsom said recent safety inspections showed the span was safe to start reopening Sunday evening and that the freeway would be fully operational before Mondays rush hour. It wasnt just speed that we were after. We wanted to make sure this thing was safe, Newsom said at a news conference, joined by Vice Pres stanley usa ident Kamala Harris, U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla and Los stanley france Angeles Mayor Karen Bass.Officials had initially said it could take about 250 workers between three and five weeks to shore up the span after the blaze burned about 100 support columns. This is a great day in our city, Bass said Sunday. Let me thank everyone who worked 24 hours to make this effort happen. There will be periodic closures in the coming weeks or months as repairs continue, officials said. An estimated 300,000 vehicles a day use the freeway, which runs east-west across the heart of the Mjap Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback gets dinner 鈥?and an educational tip from the waitress
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia 鈥?More than 60 women across Saudi Arabia claimed they drove cars Saturday in defiance of a ban keeping them from getting behind the wheel, facing little protest by police in their push for easing restrictions on women in the kingdom.The campaigns message is that driving should be a womans choice. The struggle is rooted in the kingdoms hard-line interpretation of Islam known as Wahabbism, with critics warning that women driving could unravel the very fabric of Saudi society.Though no laws ban women from driving in Saudi Arabia, authorities do not issue them licenses. Women who drove on Saturday had drivers licenses f stanley cup romania rom abroad, activists said.Activist Aziza Youssef, a professor at King Saud University, and another activist said protest organizers received 13 videos and about 50 phone messages from women showing or claiming they had driven. She said they have no way to verify the messages.May Al Sawyan, a 32-year-old mother of two and an economic researcher, stanley mug told The Associated Press that she drove from her home in Riyadh to the grocery store and back. Activists uploaded a four-minute video of her driving to the campaigns YouTube account.Al Sawyan said she was prepared to be jailed if caught by author stanley cup ities. She said she was far enough from a police car that she was not spotted. I just took a small loop, she said. I didnt drive for a long way, but it was fine. Al Sawyans husband and family waited at home and called her nervously when she arrived at the sto |
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