we have a winner, a retiree who didn t want to show his face holding up a checks for $425 million after winning last month s powerball jackpot. he finally claimed his prize on april fool s day. he s no fool. no way. indiana drops out of common core, controversial education standards. 45 states adapted math and reading measures. now other states may follow the hoosier lead. mike in chicago on this. mike. we could be looking at the beginning of a domino effect. oklahoma senate approved a house bill rejecting common core. indiana was the first to turn back on this national set of standards. the program is intended to elevate the performance of struggling schools.
the city of grafton is buried under 20 inches of snow, huge drifts are blocking driveways and piled up against homes. overnight temperatures hovered in single digit. it is not expected to surpass the 20s today. so all that snow is going nowhere fast. here is a look at the rest of the weather across the country. snow across the northern rockies and into the sierras as well. severe storms from east texas to tennessee and lower ohio valley with tornadoes possible at the southern end of that. several inches of rain in the upper ohio valley and showers in the mid-atlantic states. 60s there. toasty warm in the south. reaching into the lower 90s in texas. frosty 20s and 30s along the northern border. seasonal in the middle of the country. 50s and 60s in the west. you might remember a few months back, a massive powerball jackpot worth $425 million. there was one winner. well, he took his time coming forward and showed a sense of humor when he picked up his winnings yesterday. abc s mar
abc s mary bruce is in l.a. good morning. reporter: good morning. you can stop checking your pockets for that missing lotto ticket. there was only one winner. and now we know who. for weeks $425 million in lottery winnings has hung in the balance. now, we finally have a winner. raymond buxton, a northern california retiree has claimed his massive power ball jackpot. showing a sense of humor, buxton accepted his prize on april fools day wearing a t-shirt with a picture of yoda on it that read, luck of the jedi i have. luck indeed. he was simply grabbing a sandwich inside this convenience store in february. he already had a ticket. but decided to test his luck again, buying another one. a $2 investment that won him the sixth largest jackpot in u.s. history. i was so excited and we were waigt for the winner to come in. reporter: so, why the wait?
good morning, i m diane good morning, i m diana perez. i m john muller. here are top headlines we are following for world news now. at least five people are dead after a powerful earthquake off the coast of chile that triggered massive evacuations and tsunami warning for chile and peru. and a tsunami advisory for hawaii. gm ceo mary barra will be on capitol hill again today. they want to know why it took years to recall cars that were linked to deaths. gm has hired a lawyer to manage compensation to victims families. close call for a pennsylvania man. he got a chainsaw lodged near his neck after a tree trimming accident. it just missed a major artery. he needed 30 stitches. but believe it or not, he s going to be just fine. and a northern california man has claimed his $425 million
air in parts of north dakota, still digging out from a nasty blizzard. the city of grfton is buried under 20 inches of snow, piling up against homes. overnight temperatures hovered in single digit. it is not expected to surpass the 20s today. so all that snow is going nowhere fast. here is a look at the rest of the weather across the country. snow across the northern rockies and into the sierras as well. severe storms from east texas to tennessee and lower ohio valley with tornadoes possible at the southern end of that. several inches of rain in the upper ohio valley and showers in the mid-atlantic states. 60s there. toasty warm in the south. 90s in texas. frosty 20s and 30s along the northern border. seasonal in the middle of the country. 50s and 60s in the west. you might remember a few months back, a massive powerball jackpot worth $425 million. there was one winner. well, he took his time coming forward and showed a sense of humor when he picked up his winnings yesterday.