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Study: DC among nation's least driver-friendly cities 07/13/2017 07:05am • WASHINGTON — When it comes to driver-friendly cities across the United States, the nation's capital, perhaps unsurprisingly, does not fare very well. A study released this week by the personal-finance website WalletHub ranks D.C. 97th among the country’s 100 largest cities. "D.C. did have Most stolen vehicles in the US in 2016 07/12/2017 04:13pm • WASHINGTON — The most stolen vehicle in the U.S. in 2016 was a 1997 Honda Accord. In fact, many of the most stolen vehicles continue to be older, pre-"smart key" models, according to the annual report from the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Anti-theft technology continues to take a bite ou Assistive Devices Make Life Easier for People With Rheumatoid Arthritis 07/11/2017 08:00pm • If you have rheumatoid arthritis, you know that many normally simple, ordinary tasks, like opening jars, tying your shoes and even getting dressed can present monumental, if not impossible, hurdles. As toddlers, we begin to establish our independence by insisting on doing everything on our own, wit 10 Things to Know Before Closing a Credit Card 07/10/2017 08:00pm • You could call it the tale of two credit card holders. In the last year, Craig Fuller, owner of a company called TransRisk, in Chattanooga, Tennessee closed a credit card and saw his credit score plunge from 760 to the mid-600s. And then there's Nanette Miner, an educational consultant in Mount Ple 6 Ways Parents Can Cut the Cost of a Teen Driver 07/09/2017 08:00pm • You can expect the many conflicting emotions you might have as your son or daughter grows old enough to drive. On one hand, it's great to see a teen become more independent (especially when that means the end of your chauffeur duties). But on the other hand, you may worry about whether he or she is 8 Ways to Fight Climate Change While Saving Money 07/04/2017 08:00pm • If you're like many Americans, you're concerned about climate change and worry about its impact on both the environment and your family's future. Most of us understand the choices we make -- big and small -- have the power to contribute to the environment's well-being, but some of these choices can AP FACT CHECK: When a swoopy line on a chart misleads 07/01/2017 06:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Oh, those charts. President Donald Trump passed one around on Twitter in recent days, and it showing spending on Medicaid rising for years in the future under the stalled Republican health care bill. You'd never know from his chart's mountain-climbing line , or his rhetoric, t Here's why your credit score might increase on July 1 07/01/2017 08:27am • All civil judgments and at least 60 percent of tax liens will be removed from U.S. credit reports on Saturday, July 1, as a result of policy changes from the three major credit bureaus: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. Estimates from the two leading credit-score providers -- VantageScore and FIC Pack These 8 Items to Save You Money on Your Next Vacation 06/26/2017 08:00pm • Summer travel is lots of fun, but it can also be incredibly expensive. The expenses you expect are bad enough -- the cost of the plane ticket, the hotel, the rental car, the meals -- but it's those little (and big) unexpected costs that get you in the end, resulting in a heavier credit card bill th Are Tech Stocks Partying Like It's 1999? 06/25/2017 08:00pm • The U.S. market is reaching new highs in 2017, with Apple (ticker: AAPL) joining the FANG stocks -- Facebook ( FB), Amazon.com ( AMZN), Netflix ( NFLX), and Google (Alphabet) ( GOOG, GOOGL) -- as significant contributors to the market rally. Comparisons to the dot-com mania of 1999 are inevitable, Do You Need Renters Insurance? 06/21/2017 08:00pm • When the building that housed Paul Joseph's office burnt to the ground, it could have been a bad situation. After all, the space was rented, and the insurance policy held by Joseph's landlord didn't cover the office contents. Fortunately, the attorney and certified public accountant with the firm J What Is the Artificial Pancreas? 06/19/2017 08:00pm • If you use insulin and find it challenging to get dosing just right -- and let's face it, that can be hard -- then you may want to know about new technology underway called the artificial pancreas system. "An artificial pancreas is a device that controls the glucose level automatically through info How to Buy Sky-High Stocks 06/19/2017 08:00pm • It's one thing to miss the boat on a great investment. Even Warren Buffett does that. Yet it's quite another to watch a luxury liner sail on by and feel powerless to climb aboard. In this case, you're savvy enough to know where that ship's going. Then you take a look at the ticket price, and sudden Va. panel: Raise taxes for transit, and maybe more for Metro 06/19/2017 01:41pm • WASHINGTON — Virginia should raise a variety of taxes and dedicate that new money to keeping up or expanding transit systems across the state, according to the final report of a panel tasked with figuring out a solution to the commonwealth’s transit capital funding issues. The Transit Capital Md. woman loses her unborn child and leg, but not her fight 06/12/2017 04:23am • WALDORF, Md. — Twenty-nine-year-old Katie Feeney of Waldorf is a military spouse, but she's the one who's been at battle for nearly three years. Katie and her husband Patrick, a staff sergeant in the Air Force, were expecting their first child to arrive on Valentine’s Day 2015. They were livi