At times, Freddie Eugene Owens' letters are incredibly vulnerable as he says he's "also human." At others they threaten violence and say "betrayers will be slayed"

A South Carolina inmate scheduled to be executed Friday is asking Gov. Henry McMaster to spare his life, something no governor in the state has done since the death penalty was restarted nearly 50 years ago.

The plane — most of it, at least — returned to Myrtle Beach International Airport less than 10 minutes after takeoff.

The single-engine aircraft, a Diamond DA40, declared an emergency after the door plummeted into the yard of a vacant home.

Wendy Hodges, who lives in the area, was leaving her home when someone rushed over to tell her a piece of an airplane had fallen off.