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Delaware Students Build World's Tallest LEGO Tower

A team of students from Wilmington, Del., spent their entire summer vacation breaking a Guinness World Record. The students from John Dickinson High School erected a 112-foot tower of more than 500,000...

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Firefighters Remain on High Alert Under Red Flag Warning

Firefighters on Tuesday battled several blazes in the region and will stay on high alert while the Bay Area remains under a red flag alert. A San Jose family camp was forced to evacuate its quarters...

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Quinn Blasts Rival's Wife for Women-Voters Remark

New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn says a rival's wife crossed the line in questioning her connection with women voters because she lacks understanding about issues like taking care of...

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10 Things You Didn't Know About the '63 March

"1963 is not an end but a beginning" - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. proclaimed his dream of racial and economic equality in the United States with his "I Have...

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USPS Commemorates March on Washington With Stamp

You can put your stamp on history as the country commemorates the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. The U.S. Postal Service will unveil a limited edition stamp on Friday, and they want you...

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Events of the Anniversary

Over 200,000 people from across the nation traveled to the National Mall for the March on Washington for Jobs and Equality on August 28, 1963. Fifty years later, the city is celebrating the anniversary...

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The 1963 March on Washington in Photos

An estimated quarter of a million people marched on Washington on August 28, 1968 to protest Jim Crow laws and promote equality for all.Photo Credit: Getty Images

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Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dream

The nation celebrates the civil rights icon's legacy the same day that President Barack Obama is inaugurated for a second time.Photo Credit: Getty Images

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PHOTOS: MLK Memorial Dedication

A crowd poured into the newly built MLK Memorial to watch the dedication that had been originally scheduled for an August date. President Obama spoke, Aretha Franklin sang, and all showed their love...

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D.C. Preps for 3 Presidents at 50th Anniversary of March on Washington

News4's Mark Segraves talked with some residents who are determined to wait as long as it takes or go through any sort of security to experience the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington next week.

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King's Life Celebrated at National Portrait Gallery

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington. There's a special exhibit opening tomorrow at the National Portrait Gallery in Northwest. News4's Pat Lawson...

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Memorial Ready for 50th Anniversary of March

Workers have completed work on the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, just in time for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. Scaffolding was taken down Saturday morning after...

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Man Beat Girlfriend After Mistaken Release From Jail: Police

A Chicago man arrested in July for beating his girlfriend attacked her again this week after he was mistakenly released from Cook County Jail, authorities said. Steven Derkits, 30, of the 4400 block of...

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Store Bans "Sex Toys for Filner" Recall Sign

A San Diego woman has refused to remove her handwritten sign seeking donations of new or used sex toys for embattled Mayor Bob Filner. “Save the women of S.D. Donate your new + gentley [sic] used sex...

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Trayvon Martin's Mom Collaborates on New Song

"My name is Sybrina Fulton. I'm Trayvon Martin's mother," starts the song "Joy Comes in the Morning.” Those words are spoken by Fulton as the chorus kicks in for the single, which debuted on South...

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Anderson Family Denies Kidnap Suspect Paternity Claim

The sister of murder and arson suspect James DiMaggio hopes the family of teenage kidnap victim Hannah Anderson will agree to a DNA test to rule out paternity rumors a family spokesperson said.  Lora...

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Antibiotics Defeat Brain-Eating Infection in Boy

Antibiotics administered to a 12-year-old Florida boy have defeated a rare brain-eating infection and now his family is praying for brain activity, Zachary Reyna's dad said Wednesday. "Extensive damage...

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Surgeon Pleads Not Guilty to Liposuction Death

A former Southern California cosmetic surgeon has been charged with involuntary manslaughter after allegedly giving a deadly cocktail of drugs during a liposuction procedure, authorities said. Ehab Aly...

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Man Attacks Neighbor With Chainsaw During Fight

Two neighbors got into a fight early Wednesday morning on Chicago's South Side, police said, and one man attacked the other with a chainsaw. The attack happened just before 2 a.m. in the backyard of a...

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Newtown Dad: Georgia Case "Frighteningly Similar"

Eight months after the horrific school shooting in Newtown, Conn., parents in Georgia rushed to reunite with their children after a man with an AK-47 rifle walked into an Atlanta-area elementary school...

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