http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/?track=rss Headlines from latimes.com en ©2013, latimes.com Sat, 25 May 2013 14:31:00 -0700 By Michael Mello http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-angels-flight-plane-crash-20130525,0,5208290.story?track=rss Search and rescue crews focused on a pond and a wooded area of Fulton County in upstate New York on Saturday as they looked for a volunteer pilot missing in a small plane crash that killed two people being ferried for medical treatment. Sat, 25 May 2013 14:31:00 PDT By Stephen Ceasar http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-911-calls-tornados-oklahoma-20130525,0,1243776.story?track=rss The distressed cries for help moments after a killer tornado swept through southern Oklahoma City and smashed the suburb of Moore can be heard in 911 calls released this week. Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:00 PDT By Hailey Branson-Potts http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oklahoma-tornado-graduation-20130525,0,6075151.story?track=rss OKLAHOMA CITY -- This tornado-torn region is celebrating new beginnings Saturday, going through with graduation ceremonies for three high schools, a bittersweet milestone for a community that has lost so much. Sat, 25 May 2013 11:14:00 PDT By Devin Kelly http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-missouri-train-crash-overpass-collapse-20130525,0,5885040.story?track=rss Seven people were injured when two freight trains collided in rural southeastern Missouri early Saturday morning, causing a highway overpass to collapse, officials said. Sat, 25 May 2013 10:20:00 PDT By Michael Mello http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-utah-honor-student-stabbing-brothers-20130524,0,3288965.story?track=rss Northern Utah authorities are considering whether to charge as an adult a 15-year-old honor student suspected in the stabbing deaths of two younger brothers. Fri, 24 May 2013 17:58:00 PDT By Matt Pearce http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oklahoma-tornado-family-returns-to-wrecked-house-20130524,0,1500453.story?track=rss OKLAHOMA CITY -- "Welcome to my home," Olga Cordero said, and walked into her roofless living room. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:31:00 PDT By John M. Glionna http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-oscar-goodman-las-vegas-20130524,0,5273853.story?track=rss LAS VEGAS -- Of course, there would be showgirls. Sat, 25 May 2013 08:00:00 PDT By Cindy Carcamo http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ff-oklahoma-tornado-saving-photos-20130524,0,557308.story?track=rss MOORE, Okla. — Hours after Monday’s tornado plowed through town, volunteers who had helped with search-and-rescue operations began pouring into a makeshift shelter carrying boxes and bags of valuables — precious links to lives that had just been shredded by disaster: Sat, 25 May 2013 08:49:00 PDT By Tina Susman http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-new-york-train-crash-20130524,0,5897068.story?track=rss NEW YORK — The conductor of a train involved in a derailment and crash outside New York City last week noticed an "unusual condition" on the track before the cars went off the rails, and the area where the wreck occurred had recently undergone repairs, investigators said Friday. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:45:00 PDT By Stephen Ceasar http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-funeral-tornado-victims-oklahoma-20130524,0,5946248.story?track=rss Four of the people killed in a tornado earlier this week were to be laid to rest Friday in Oklahoma. Fri, 24 May 2013 12:59:00 PDT