News of the Day From Across the Nation, Aug. 16

Three married couples killed in the crash of a small airplane in Alabama all lived in the university town of Oxford, Miss., where city flags were lowered Monday as residents grappled with the loss.

Police looking for the gunman who shot an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque Saturday have zeroed in on a man who hit a bicyclist with his sport utility vehicle just 10 minutes after the double slaying, a top police official said Monday.

3 Officer killed: A man charged in the weekend slaying of a Georgia police officer was arrested early Monday in northern Florida, where sheriff’s deputies found the suspect hiding in the trunk of his sister’s car.

According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Smith was shot Saturday night while responding to a report of a suspicious person.

4 Mother charged: A Houston mother who calmly told an acquaintance that she had drowned her two children in a bathtub had at first tried to bury their bodies next to her home before placing them under a neighbor’s house, police said Monday.

5 Child neglect: A local church is accepting donations to help a 7-year-old boy police in Franklin, Ohio, say was trying to sell a stuffed animal to buy food.