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ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring joined several hundred Roanoke-area residents Thursday night at a candlelight vigil outside TV station WDBJ to remember the two journalists who were shot and killed this week during a live broadcast. Meanwhile, the husband of a woman being interviewed during that live broadcast says his wife has lost a kidney and part of her colon because of her gunshot wounds. He says his wife, Vicki Gardner, will need about three months to recover.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Rescue crews on the Caribbean island of Dominica (doh-MIN'-ih-kuh) are searching for some 20 people missing after Tropical Storm Erika caused devastating floods Thursday. Four people were found dead in mudslides. The storm is now lashing Puerto Rico and is expected to dump up to 12 inches of rain across portions of the northern Caribbean. Forecasters say Erika could strengthen to a hurricane as it moves closer to South Florida early next week.
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks are up Friday as upbeat U.S. economic data lifted investors' spirits following days of turbulence. Japan is leading regional gains, but Shanghai shares are not far behind as markets are taking their lead from Wall Street where benchmarks had a strong finish Thursday. The Dow gained 2.3 percent Thursday, recouping nearly half of its losses over the past two days following a sharp six-day slump.
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A Missouri man who admits killing three people at two Jewish sites is set to present his defense Friday. Frazier Glenn Miller Jr. says he killed three people in suburban Kansas City last year because he thought they were Jewish. Miller has pleaded not guilty to capital murder because he says Jewish people are committing genocide against the white race and it was his duty to stop them. None of the victims was Jewish.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The attorneys for an Oklahoma man sentenced to die for killing his infant daughter in 2002 say their client had become insane while in prison, and his upcoming execution should be halted. Attorneys for 50-year-old Benjamin Robert Cole will present their arguments Friday before a judge. But the warden at Oklahoma State Penitentiary wrote in an affidavit this week that Cole told her he understands why he's being executed.
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