Christopher Leroy Collings, 49, was executed in Missouri for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl, dying by lethal injection at the Potosi Correctional Center. Collings, the 23rd inmate executed in the U.S. this year, expressed remorse in a final statement, while Governor Michael Parson affirmed the justice of his sentence. Collings kidnapped and killed Rowan Ford in 2007, denying intent to kill but being found guilty of rape and murder, with his brain abnormality and childhood abuse cited in his unsuccessful clemency petition.
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Bomb threat forces evacuation of Spirit Airlines flight at Detroit airport
BOMB THREAT EVACUATION AT DETROIT AIRPORTA bomb threat at Detroit Metropolitan Airport led to the evacuation of Spirit Airlines Flight 2145, which was preparing to depart for Los Angeles early Thursday morning. Passengers were safely deplaned and taken to the Evans Terminal for additional screening while K-9 units searched the aircraft for explosives. The source of the threat is still under investigation, and after clearance from law enforcement, the flight eventually departed for LAX. Full...
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