In brief: Deputy shoots man inside Colorado store

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Witnesses described a chaotic scene after shots rang out inside a Hobby Lobby store in Colorado Springs on Friday, sending shoppers and employees scrambling for an emergency exit, setting off an alarm.

One man was shot and injured on Friday by an El Paso County sheriff’s deputy. Police have said little about what caused the shooting.

The name of the victim and his condition were not available.

Customers inside the store said they heard shots and began running when they realized what was going on. People were herded to the back of the store and out through an emergency exit, setting off the alarm.

Fire shuts down part of nuclear plant

BUCHANAN, N.Y. – A transformer failed Saturday at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in suburban New York, causing a fire that forced an automatic shutdown of a reactor. The fire was quickly extinguished and the reactor was deemed safe and stable, said a spokesman for owner Entergy Corp.

The transformer at Indian Point 3 takes energy created by the plant and changes the voltage for the grid supplying power to the state. The blaze, which sent black smoke billowing into the sky, was extinguished by a sprinkler system and on-site personnel, Entergy spokesman Jerry Nappi said. Westchester County police and fire were on site as a precaution.

It was not immediately clear what caused the failure, or whether the transformer would be repaired or replaced. Nappi said there were no health or safety risks. It’s unclear how long the 1,000-megawatt reactor will be down. Entergy is investigating the failure.

The plant’s adjacent Unit 2 reactor was not affected.

The Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, 35 miles up the Hudson River from midtown Manhattan, supplies electricity for millions of homes, businesses and public facilities in New York City and Westchester County.

Joanne Carson, ex-wife of star, dies

LOS ANGELES – Joanne Carson, the second wife of “Tonight Show” host Johnny Carson, has died in Southern California. She was 83.

Ed Rada, the executor of her estate, said Carson died Friday at her longtime home in Los Angeles. Rada said she had been in declining health and was in hospice care.

Born Joanne Copeland in Los Angeles, she married Johnny Carson in 1963, a year after he began hosting “The Tonight Show.”

After their divorce in 1972, she became close to writer Truman Capote. He kept a writing room at her house, where he died in 1984.

Rada said she will be interred next to Capote at Westwood Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Joanne Carson had a second marriage late in her life to Richard Rever that also ended in divorce.

Earthquake shakes Hawaii’s Big Island

NAALEHU, Hawaii – The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii.

The observatory said the quake struck at 2:18 a.m. Saturday. It was centered about 5 miles north of the small town of Naalehu at a depth of 6 miles.

There were no reports of damage or injury. People around the island reported light shaking.