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[THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: On Thursday, Darrell Allison became the 12th chancellor of Fayetteville State University, an historically Black university, the history of which stretches back to 1867. His tenure officially begins March 15. Allison is a former member of the UNC Board of Governors and resigned from that position last fall to pursue the top job at FSU. He beat out more than 60 other candidates and was appointed by the UNC board, which governs FSU and other state universities. Some ha...

glenarden, maryland, he has spent considerable time in the hospital since then and doctors say he still faces several searches but the family says deon dre is doing well. >> hes good, hes here. its amazing hes doing well. >> wednesday a jury convicted 18-year-old devon matos for the shooting and hell be sentenced in june. were starting to learn more about the sudden closure of a.c.t. college in northern virginia. the department of education says the school falsified records, made ill...

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saying its the -- unrepensive saying its the media. >> some business owners sell bad products. >> i could have used a better choice of words. >> reporter: the words he used is we have to do something about these asians coming in opening up businesses, dirty shops, i tell you that, but we need african-american people to be able to take their place. council ought to reprimand him. unbelievably racist and insensitive. >> insensitive. i wouldnt accuse him of being a racist. i dont think he...

statement saying he was deeply disappointed by the councilmembers comments. barry says he represents a ward that is 97% black. we found there are a number of his constituents that support his statements. >> as you know this story is causing quite a buzz on twitter tonight. councilman barry has been to reading a lot himself about the issue. but to our web site wjla.com to read those tweets. >> this holiday weekend may be more painful than you were anticipating. the national average jump...

amazingly, no one injured here. lets take a look at this devastating storm on tape. you can see the funnel cloud, a massive cloud that stayed on the ground for at least 15 minutes in the dallas-ft. worth area. one of potentially three quisters that moved across north texas. in this debris field you see several items, including semi trailers, 18-wheelers lifted hundreds of feet into the airplane. again, just showing the intensity, the magnitude of this storm, as it cut across neighborho...

3 3 mapssfiber- 3back to maps 3 mother nature wasst playing night.wicced weather tore through parts f maryland... knocking downnttees and damaging cars! roads were flooded... making aamess for ppople trring tooget around counties.megan gilliland has a closer look attthe damage thooe storms caused.megan? gooo morning patrice,aa thhs hour, we are downnto just 25-hhudred b-g-e customers without power..hats a uge improvement... from the more than 52-thousand left in the dark yesterday... ...

to route 123 south and back into tyson. eastbound you can either use international drive route 123 north to the beltway. another combination is the georgetown pike to either spring hill or swings mill if you know that area and back into tysons as well. well teen you posted on that situation. also, its going to be a tough couple of nights for drivers in northern virginia. tonight and tomorrow from 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. crews will be closing west bound i-66 at the dulles connector ro...