ANAHEIM, Calif.
Video leads to protests
Anaheim officials pressed for calm Thursday after a night of raucous protests that followed an incident in which an off-duty policeman scuffled in his front yard with a boy, drew a weapon and fired a shot into the ground after another teen pushed him over a hedge and others surrounded him. Mayor Tom Tait said he was “deeply disturbed” and angered by what he saw on video of the incident, but he also denounced violence and damage caused by demonstrators. “The video shows an adult wrestling with a 13-year-old kid, and ultimately firing a gun,” Tait said. “This has been a blow to our community.” No one was hurt in the scuffle on a residential street that started Tuesday after the Los Angeles officer took action in an ongoing dispute with students walking after school. Hundreds of people marched through streets late Wednesday.
INDIANAPOLIS
Winning ticket sold at store
The sole winning ticket for an estimated $435.3 million Powerball jackpot — the 10th largest lottery jackpot in U.S. history — was sold at a northern Indiana convenience store. The Hoosier Lottery said the ticket was sold at a Super-Test Mini Mart store in Lafayette, a city about 60 miles northwest of Indianapolis.
WASHINGTON
Ginsburg applauds the press
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is praising the media at a time when the Trump administration has accused reporters of being dishonest and delivering “fake news.” Ginsburg told the BBC’s Newsnight program in an interview Thursday that she reads the Washington Post and the New York Times every day, and that “reporters are trying to tell the public the truth.” The 83-year-old justice did not comment directly on President Donald Trump.
SCRANTON, Pa.
Clinton to speak on St. Pat’s
Hillary Clinton will speak at a St. Patrick’s Day event in her late father’s Pennsylvania hometown of Scranton. The Times-Tribune of Scranton (http://bit.ly/2kNDP3j) reports the former Democratic presidential candidate was tapped to be the keynote speaker for the Society of Irish Women’s annual dinner March 17. Clinton’s father grew up in Scranton, and she spent summers at the family’s cottage on nearby Lake Winola. Members of the Irish women’s group say Clinton was a great choice because she exemplifies what they stand for as strong women. Clinton’s roots are mostly English and Welsh, though former President Bill Clinton has Irish roots.
Compiled from wire reports