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New York’s MTA to suspend bus service due to blizzard

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will suspend all bus service in New York City at 12 p.m. on Saturday because of blizzard conditions, an official said. The announcement came as a fierce winter storm gripped the region, with up to 18 inches of snow forecast to pile up in city streets before easing later in the day. (Reporting by Frank McGurty; E$diting by Mark Heinrich)

Death toll from China blasts rises to 104, Xi urges changes

By Megha Rajagopalan TIANJIN, China (Reuters) – The death toll from two massive explosions that tore through an industrial area in the northeastern Chinese port of Tianjin has risen to 104, state media said on Saturday, as China's president urged improvements in workplace safety. Chinese President Xi Jinping said authorities should learn the lessons paid for with blood in Wednesday warehouse blasts, according to the official Xinhua news agency. China evacuated residents who had taken refuge in a school near the site of two huge explosions, state media said, after a change in wind direction on Saturday prompted fears that toxic chemical particles could be blown inland.