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How to Get Promoted at Work 08/28/2024 08:00pm • Promotions don't always follow a linear path. Younger professionals in particular may lack the experience and perspective needed to know how to get promoted and set reasonable expectations about how fast they should expect to advance. Complicating matters, promotion policies differ by industry, comp Your Credit Card's Extended Warranty Benefit: Here's What You Should Know 08/28/2024 08:00pm • Credit card extended warranty benefits can be valuable, but are often overlooked. You can get extended warranty coverage automatically when you pay for your purchase with a card that offers this benefit, which can potentially save you thousands of dollars on the repair or replacement of the item. He How Overdraft Fees and NSF Fees Compare 08/28/2024 08:00pm • Two fees you certainly don't want to see on your bank statement are overdraft fees and non-sufficient funds, or NSF, fees. While overdraft fees and NSF fees aren't the same, both penalize you for not having enough money in your account to cover a payment. And each of these fees can cost $30 or more. Are Banks Open Today? Federal Holiday Bank Closures 08/28/2024 08:00pm • Labor Day is on the horizon, and it can be difficult to figure out which businesses are going to be closed, especially banks. If you're planning to deal with your personal finances on Labor Day, you might be disappointed to see that your local bank is closed. Banks are closed on Labor Day, Monday, S Health insurance providers to fund street doctors and clinics to serve LA's homeless population 08/28/2024 04:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A public agency and private health insurance provider are teaming up to build a system of street doctors and clinics that will provide medical care to Los Angeles' homeless population, including routine preventive medicine, officials announced Wednesday. The goal is for homeless Town officials shut down a boy's ice cream stand. Fundraisers and death threats followed 08/28/2024 02:29pm • NORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his brother's hockey team by selling homemade ice cream. But a few days after setting up a stand and serving up vanilla, shaved chocolate and fluffernutter to about 20 people, Typhoon Shanshan begins dumping rain on parts of Japan, leaving 1 dead and several injured 08/28/2024 01:14pm • TOKYO (AP) — A typhoon moving at a bicycle speed began dumping rain on parts of Japan Wednesday, leaving one person dead and several injured as weather officials issued the highest-level warnings in the country’s south, expected to be the most hard-hit. The Japan Meteorological Agency says Typho Marathon Match: Longest US Open match since at least 1970 goes a grueling 5 hours, 35 minutes 08/28/2024 12:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A few hours into a match that eventually set a U.S. Open record for length, Dan Evans glanced over at the scoreboard. Not to see how he was doing, but to clarify exactly how long he had been playing. “In the fourth set, I had to check the set to see what set we were in,” Evans German government to hold talks with the opposition on responses to the Solingen attack 08/28/2024 09:54am • BERLIN (AP) — Top German officials said Wednesday they will hold talks with the country's opposition and state governments on ways to step up deportations and curb migration following the Solingen knife attack, in which a suspected extremist from Syria who had avoided being deported is accused of What's at stake as 2 Hong Kong journalists await a verdict in their sedition trial? 08/28/2024 09:07am • HONG KONG (AP) — Two journalists who led a now-closed Hong Kong online news outlet will hear a verdict in their sedition case on Thursday, in a trial that's seen as an indicator of press freedom in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The trial of Stand News ' former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen an DC-area fall and winter festivals, fairs and other events to look forward to in 2024 08/28/2024 04:00am • From cultural and community festivals to food and music festivals, the D.C. region has a wide variety of events to look forward to in the fall and beyond. WTOP has rounded up some of the many upcoming festivals, fairs, parades, exhibits and more to anticipate this year across Maryland, Virginia and O'Hearn and Urías homer to lift Orioles over NL West-leading Dodgers 3-2 in interleague clash 08/28/2024 01:51am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ramón Urías hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning, Ryan O’Hearn also went deep and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Tuesday night in their interleague series opener. The Dodgers stranded the potential tying and winning runs in the nint Suzuki and Swanson homer as the Cubs beat the Pirates 9-5 to move above .500 08/27/2024 10:54pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Seiya Suzuki and Dansby Swanson homered during Chicago's five-run fourth inning, and the Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Tuesday night to move over .500 for the first time since May 28. Suzuki hit a tying two-run drive for his 19th homer this season, connecting on a fastb 6 Sustainable Banking Options 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Your bank is more than a place to put your money. Banks can use the funds you deposit to create loans or make investments. And in some cases, that may mean using your money to invest in fossil fuels that can harm the environment. Sustainable banks are working to change this model, giving consumers t How to Correct Your Social Security Earnings Record 08/27/2024 08:00pm • Americans planning to take retirement payments from Social Security should tread carefully, as paperwork mistakes are unfortunately common. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, the agency made about $13.6 billion in improper payments in 2022, with $11.1 billion in overpayments and $