An explosion kills at least 86 travelers in Bologna
The scene was familiar to millions of travelers throughout the worlda hot, crowded railroad station in midsummer, tourists with heavy luggage looking anxiously for welcoming friends or hurrying to departing trains. The temperature outside was in the high 90s, and people entered the refuge of air-conditioned waiting rooms and a restaurant with sighs of relief. At 10:25 a.m. last Saturday morning, the stone terminal in Bologna, Italy, was a place of pleasant expectations.
There was no warning of what was to come. The explosion...