Ex-politician among dead in plane crash

United States: A small plane crashed in an Ohio residential area and killed all six people aboard, including the pilot, a former state politician who had offered joyrides to airport visitors after a charity breakfast.

Ohio police said Gene Damschroder Senior was flying the fixed-wing, single-engine Cessna when it crashed.

China: Three people have been killed and another five are missing after they fell into a river while watching traditional dragon boat races in eastern China.