Nation in brief: Weather system hits trailer park

A powerful storm, including a possible tornado, swept through a trailer park in northwest Louisiana on Sunday, injuring two people, authorities said.

The brunt of the storm hit the park shortly after 3 p.m., tearing the roofs from trailers, downing trees and flipping a mobile home onto its side, said Siggie Silve, the patrol chief for the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office. Seventeen trailers were damaged, he said.

Two women were taken to a Natchitoches hospital with unspecified injuries, Silve said.

Authorities won’t know the extent of the damage until Monday, he said.

HOUSTON

Apparent fetus found on plane

Authorities are investigating the discovery of what appears to be a fetus in the bathroom of a Continental Airlines plane that arrived in Houston on a flight from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.

FBI Special Agent Shauna Dunlap said that while the plane was being cleaned about an hour after the plane landed Sunday, the cleaning crew found the apparent fetus. The medical examiner’s office will do an autopsy to determine if it was viable.

Dunlap said that if it is determined that a crime occurred, the FBI will work with Houston police to determine where it occurred and continue from there.

MERIDIAN, Miss.

McCain attends air show

Republican presidential hopeful John McCain returned to his aviator roots Sunday, attending an air show at a field named after his grandfather.

The Arizona senator and his wife, Cindy, attended “Wings over Meridian” at Naval Air Station Meridian’s McCain Field. McCain was a flight instructor at the field, which is named for the late Adm. John S. McCain Sr.

McCain declined to talk about his campaign.

“I’m just here to see the air show, so it’s hard for me to get political,” said McCain, who shook hands with dozens of spectators and signed baseball hats. “It’s a great experience for me to be back.”