Good evening. For months it simmered largely unnoticed outside of the University Community but now the whole country iswakening to the racial tensions and growing revolt that boiled over at the university of missouri. A Hunger Strike and a threatened walk out by members of the Football Team and protests from students and faculty alike leading to the abrupt resignation of the University President accused by black students to a series of racist act on the overwhelmingly white campus. And late word the chancellor wont be far behind. Nbcs jacob rascon tells us more. Reporter after two months of anger and unrest on campus, an announcement as sudden as it was stunning. Im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. Reporter and hours later the chancellor announced he is stepping down at the end of the year. Students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of racial harassment. I think there has been a lot of racial tensions and im glad that something has finally be
Afternoon. A Temple University Police Cruiser caught fire after somebody made a very careless mistake. Action News Reporter christie auleto is live at the bp gas station at broad and girard. Christie first things first, was anybody seriously hurt . Reporter well, jim, fortunately there were no reports of any injuries but this could have been a lot worse. This is the gas station pump where witnesses say a Temple University officer drove off with the nozzle still in the tank causing the squad dar to co go up in flames. An action news viewer captures the moment after a Temple University squad car goes up in flames at a gas station at broad and girard. Im thinking this gas station is going to explode. Reporter witnesses say the Temple University cops were filling up before one of them drove off with the nozzle still in the tank. So, he left the nozzle inside the car and then the nozzle fell down and so did the pump. When the pump fell down and all of a sudden i a it was a spark and fire co
Action taken to keep guns and toys away. Daniel what Football Team demanding before they get out on the field at college protest. This is the fox25 morning news news. Julie it is monday morning, im Julie Grauert. Daniel im daniel miller. Good morning. Shiri tomorrow and sunshine out there, 50 in boston, 47 in beverly, 49 in plymouth, we got middle 40s now in worcester and still hanging helped in spots like keene and orange and giant range in temperature and even when we 50s by lunchtime today at noon high temperatures come very close to the 60s this afternoon but we start losing a lot of heat by the time you head home from work later today it is back to the middle 50s. Coming down from high 56 to 62 after a chilly start we got sunshine and we got seasonable conditions this afternoon and you heard me mention rain, i will give you timeline when you need to be prepared for incoming showers here for much of the upcoming week coming up and over to Julie Grauert with live drive time traffic
Right now. Good evening. For months it simmered largely unnoticed outside of the University Community but now the whole country is awakening to the racial tensions and growing revolt that boiled over at the university of missouri. A Hunger Strike and a threatened walkout by members of the Football Team and protests from students and faculty alike leading to the abrupt resignation of the University President accused by black student groups of indifference to racist acts on t overwhelmingly white campus. And late word the chancellor wont be far behind. Nbcs jacob rascon tells us more. Reporter after two months of anger and unrest on campus, an announcement as sudden as it was stunning. Im resigning as president of the university of missouri system. Reporter and hours later the chancellor announced he is stepping down at the end of the year. Students say this semester has been plagued with incidents of racial harassment. I think there has been a lot of racial tensions and im glad that som