The president and chancellor at the university of missouri resigned yesterday amid scandal and heightened racial tensions. Anger has been growingnfor months on campus. After incidents of racism and hate crimesd went unnoticed. One student refused to eat until the president stepped down. Cnns kyung lah reports. In 2010 cotton balls scattered in front of the black Culture Center a reference to slavery and a hate crime. This fall black student leaders called racial slurs on two different occasions. A most recently a swastika, in human excrement left on a dorm wall. Nats Ferguson unrest the students say theyre the post ferguson generation shaped by events in a city just two hours away. Black students make up just seven percent of the 35thousand students these protesters. Mobilized. Camping out on the universitys quad. Faculty threatened to walk off the job. But it was this that became the protests game changer 30 mizzou Football Players tweeted they would boycott Team Activities until the
50 Miles Per Hour , we did have some sporadic damage and rain fall totals almost an inch. The temperatures plummeted as those temperatures moved on through, from the mid seventies afternoon the sun will come back out and rain fall adding up in dallas the wettest year to date on record. Nearly fifty one inches of rain , they only need two more inches of rain to make it their wettest on record. Im meteorologis t mike seidel mesquite texas, east of downtown dallas. Now lets head west to castle rock colorado in a snow storm and even a blizzard in parts of colorado heres leanne gregg. Here in castle rock, south of denver, this blowing snow has caused traffic problems all morning long. I25 behind me is shutdown to the south of here in both directions because of two jackknifed semis and 100 to 150 vehicles being stranded because of tha. Its just one indication of just travel has been. The biggest problems are to the south of the denver metro area and in the eastern part of the state heading i
France vowing this is only the beginning. But its Prime Minister also warned it may be only the beginning of more attacks more, he said, are being planned in france. Raids of a different kind blitzed isis in syria. A dozen french warplanes hitting their stronghold in raqqa. Us forces also involved. Isis claimed eight men carried out the attacks. French authorities today named the man they believe was the mastermind. Abdelhamid abaaoud from belgium, who they believe was in syria last year. And theyre still looking for this man. Salah abdesalam, also from belgium, an accomplice they believe. Police say hes dangerous do not approach. They had stopped him at a checkpoint after the attacks. But let him go because he had no criminal record. The faces of the dead stare out, at the places where they died. Many here cant put their grief into words. Woman dissolves in tears. Paris today is braced for more attacks. And still traumatized by those its seen. Bill neely nbc news paris, france and fra
Weeks. There is a detour posted. For a closer look at the detour, youll find it inside this story at ktivdotcom. A project thats decades in the making is in the home stretch. Tomorrow, two communities, sioux city and fort dodge, will celebrate work on the final 40miles of highway 20 between early and moville, iowa. Work will widen that stretch of highway to fourlanes. Work on that stretch began in 2014. Its scheduled to be done in the fall of 2018. Iowa Governor Terry branstad and Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds will host the events. The sioux city event is set for the Sioux City Convention center from 2 to 3 30pm. Its been a dreary day. Is that going to change anytime soon . For that, well toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers for the first look at our forecast. Weather adlib rain moved through early today with even some rumbles of thunder and then we stayed gloomy, drizzly, and foggy. Rain will be on the increase again tonight and good chances of rain, and maybe even some
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