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VIENNA (AP) — Austrian officials say a man apparently distraught over personal issues drove his SUV into a crowd in the city of Graz (grahts) today, killing three people and injuring 34 others. The governor of the province described the suspected driver as a 26-year-old Austrian who was "mentally disoriented" and acting alone. Police say the driver has been arrested.
DANNEMORA, N.Y. (AP) — An employee at the New York prison where two inmates escaped two weeks ago has been placed on administrative leave. Officials aren't saying why. The two convicted killers remain at large. Meanwhile, state police say they are investigating a possible sighting of the men in an area 300 miles from the prison.
COTATI, Calif. (AP) — Services are being held today for two cousins killed in this week's balcony collapse in California. A funeral will be held at a Catholic church in Cotati for the lone American among the six dead, 22-year-old Ashley Donohoe. Her cousin, 21-year-old Olivia Burke, will also be memorialized before her body is sent back to her native Ireland. The other four people who died were mourned at a church vigil last night in Oakland.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — People keep adding to the memorial of flowers, balloons and teddy bears outside the Charleston, South Carolina, church where a gunman killed nine people on Wednesday night. Roses are intertwined in the black wrought-iron fence in front of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church and colorful bouquets of flowers are piled on top of each other. Last night, thousands attended a vigil at the College of Charleston arena.
HERRIN, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois town that literally buried its violent past is belatedly coming to terms with one of the nation's bloodiest labor conflicts. Twenty-three people died in June 1922 in a clash between striking coal miners and replacement workers. Most of the victims were buried in unmarked graves at the Herrin city cemetery. A team of local historians and university scientists has spent the past several years digging up the old graves to identify the forgotten occupants. A monument naming them will be unveiled on Thursday.
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