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Workers were trapped in a trench, 12 feet below the ground, when the walls suddenly collapsed on top of them. Efforts to reach the two men futile and quickly turned from a rescue effort to a recovery one. My thoughts and prayers are with these two peoples families, and everyones families, just a tough situation. Construction is a dangerous job, and you know, its just a tough situation, the Fire Department and water and sewer are working really hard right now to get the reporter the two construct...

Brothers funding the conservative movement. A system that allowed them to pour unprecedented money into politics, drowning out democracy in america in the process. The Supreme Court has included money with speech, the more money, more speech, more influence on democracy. What kind of a system is that . Its wrong. Every american should have the same ability for the political system. In the speech, reid said he would bring a constitutional amendment to allow congress to regulate money in conferenc...

Paul and rounding out the bunch, christie and kasich. The seven who wont be on stage for the main event, rick perry, the longest serving governor of texas. Santorum and fiorina, a former ceo and only woman in the gop field. Those candidates will faceoff in an earlier debate at 5 00 p. M. One big question remains. Will trump go on the attack . Last night he offered a preview. Im not looking to hurt anybody. Im not looking to embarrass anybody. If i have to bring up deficiencies i will. Reporter t...

Im kate baldwin in for erin burnett, the stage is set, ten candidate whose will faceoff in thursdays highly anticipated gop president ial debate have just been announced. Donald trump will be front and center with jeb bush and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker on either side of him, joining them Ben Carson Mike Huckabee Ted Cruz Marco rubio, rand Paul John Kasich and Chris Christie. The seven remaining candidates who didnt make the cut, you see them there, rick perry, bobby jindal Lindsey Graham p...

In Topeka, Kansas, on February 20, 1943, a black girl named Linda Brown was born. When still a child in the early 1950s, her father, Oliver Brown,

This year marks the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education was decided by the United States Supreme Court.

A preview of an original work-in-development, the opera “DC Emancipation & The Right to Vote,” was staged in Georgetown at Mount Zion United Methodist

MARTINSBURG — Despite the snowy weather, the premiere of the new, 42-minute documentary commemorating the history of the Sumner-Ramer Memorial School filled up seats at the Apollo Civic Theatre on

MARTINSBURG — After the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown vs Board of Education decision was announced in 1954, Gloria Jackson, a majorette in the marching band at the segregated Ramer

The Charles Sumner building opened in 1872 as one of the first schools for DC’s African American children. It's now the archives for DCPS founded in 1802.