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Should you max out your 401(k)? 01/28/2020 07:00pm • If your employer offers a 401(k) plan, taking advantage of the potential savings this retirement account offers can have lasting benefits. These plans provide a chance to set aside funds that can be deducted from your taxes each year and build earnings over time. "If you've ever dreamed about becomi 25 highest paying jobs without a degree 01/28/2020 07:00pm • You don't need a four-year degree to score these jobs. A traditional four-year college degree is not the only route to a high-paying career. Among the U.S. News list of the 100 Best Jobs, these 25 offered the highest pay without requiring a degree. An important note: Most of these jobs do require DC police back off on handcuffing children 01/28/2020 03:02pm • The D.C. police announced Tuesday that they’re changing the way they’ll deal with suspects who are children. “It used to be the default to handcuff a juvenile,” Police Chief Peter Newsham told the D.C. Council on Tuesday morning. “Now, the default will be to not place handcuffs on juven 'Red X' lanes, tech, transit upgrades: Big changes proposed to help I-95 traffic 01/27/2020 04:15pm • Virginia could add "red X" reversible rush-hour lanes to effectively widen almost all of Interstate 95 in the Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg areas, extend toll lanes around the remainder of the Capital Beltway in the state over the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, and have the 95 Express Lanes run both Car Review: Toyota's 4Runner TRD PRO is a capable off-roader and old-school SUV 01/27/2020 05:38am • In a world of crossovers, the Toyota 4Runner marches to a different drummer. It’s no tall sedan. This throwback machine is just how it used to be, and I’m a huge fan. If you choose the TRD PRO, you get a serious off-road machine with special shocks and suspension that get you way off the Anne Arundel investigates later start time for school days 01/26/2020 10:33am • Parents who attended a recent Anne Arundel Board of Education meeting said they support a later starting time for the Maryland school system. Prismatic Services, a consulting firm, recently recommended roughly two dozen transportation-related changes for Anne Arundel County Public Schools, includ DC officials announce 100 new bike and scooter parking zones 01/25/2020 08:30am • The growth of bikeshare and electric scooter companies across D.C. has made getting around without a car so much easier — but it's also meant finding dockless scooters and bikes strewed across streets and sidewalks. Now, the District Department of Transportation has hopes your days of tripping Things to do around DC this weekend: Jan. 24–26 01/24/2020 03:00pm • All Weekend The Washington Auto Show at the Washington Convention Center brings state of the art ride and drives with 600+ new makes and models, demos, family friendly activities, special guests and more through this weekend. The World of Pet Expo at the Maryland State Fairgrounds is for pet ent I-66 usage drops as traffic slows, tolls rise 01/24/2020 09:30am • The number of drivers using Interstate 66 inside the Capital Beltway at rush hour fell significantly this summer, as tolls rose and speeds slowed. Last year, in July, August and September, the number of daily eastbound morning trips dropped 9.2% compared to a year earlier. Westbound trips in the Police release photos of suspect wanted for luring, killing seagulls in Laurel parking lot 01/23/2020 08:31pm • Laurel police released this photo of a man suspected of luring seagulls into a parking lot before running them over, killing 11 birds. (Courtesy Laurel Police Department) Police in Laurel, Maryland, have released photos of a man who they said deliberately drove a car into 11 seagulls earlier thi Amtrak audit: New Acela trains likely to be delayed 01/23/2020 08:00pm • Amtrak's expanded Acela trains may not be ready next year because they've seen a series of delays and renewed oversight concerns, and there's "little margin for error," Amtrak's Office of Inspector General warns in an audit. "anagement and structural weaknesses still pose significant risks," the Self-driving Ubers arrive in DC, but they won't pick up rides 01/23/2020 05:16pm •  Uber is bringing self-driving cars to the streets of D.C. starting Friday, but the vehicles won't be driving themselves, and they won't be picking up passengers either. It's the initial phase in Uber's plan to eventually offer self-driving cars to riders in the District. Eric Meyhofer, Washington Auto Show brings horsepower, tech to DC's convention center 01/23/2020 02:40pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'da18f52d-67f9-4a70-8b40-3c48ab2667c6' }).render("47661536af677e05");}); High-horsepower super cars, as well as ub Prosecution fights motion to drop murder charges against Catherine Hoggle 01/23/2020 12:59pm • Flyers with the photos of the two missing Hoggle children lie on a car windshield in a Germantown, Maryland, parking lot in this file photo. Jacob Hoggle, on left, was 2 years old at the time; his sister, Sarah Hoggle, was 3. (WTOP/Michelle Basch) Prosecutors in Montgomery County, Maryland, are Maryland man charged with thefts from cars in Aspen Hill 01/23/2020 12:43pm • A Wheaton, Maryland, man has been arrested and charged with stealing from two vehicles in Aspen Hill in November, and the police are still looking for the other suspect. Deauntae Slaughter, 19, was arrested Monday and charged with several offenses related to the thefts, which happened Nov. 10, th