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Credit Union Personal Loans: Everything You Need to Know 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Personal loans can be a valuable tool if you need to consolidate debt or finance home improvements, and you can find these loans through banks and online lenders. For many borrowers, though, the best place to get a personal loan may not be a traditional for-profit financial institution, but a member 9 Home Projects to Tackle While You're Hunkering Down for Winter 02/15/2024 07:00pm • In many parts of the country, winter is not the time to be staining a deck or repairing a fence. Not only can the cold weather make outdoor projects unpleasant, but in some cases, it can render your work ineffective. That's why winter is the perfect time to tackle interior projects that don't requir Bank of America Cardholders Can Now Earn Extra Rewards at Starbucks 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Now your morning dark roast could give your wallet a boost, too. Starbucks and Bank of America announced a new partnership that offers more when you pay for your coffee using an eligible debit or credit card linked in the Starbucks app. Bonus Stars and Cash Back Starbucks Rewards customers who pay w 22 Legal Secrets to Reducing Your Taxes 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Taxes are an inevitable part of life, but most people would probably rather not hand over a portion of their hard-earned money to the government. Fortunately, there's a number of legal ways to lower the amount you pay the taxman each year. These include credits, deductions and advanced investment st What Is SilverSneakers and Does Medicare Cover It? 02/15/2024 07:00pm • It's a simple formula: Improved access to fitness opportunities can translate to better health and less need for costly medical interventions. Some health insurers have even recognized that offering a fitness benefit to members can help delay or reduce their overall expenditures. That means your exe Championship parades likely to change in wake of shooting at Chiefs Super Bowl celebration 02/15/2024 05:28pm • BOSTON (AP) — With back-to-back Super Bowl victories for the hometown Chiefs, Kansas City football fans gathered for another championship parade and a second celebratory pep rally in a row. Don’t expect there to be a third. Not because the Chiefs, with star quarterback Patrick Mahomes still just Biden administration failed to vet adults housing migrant children, federal watchdog says 02/15/2024 05:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration struggled to properly vet and monitor the homes where they placed a surge of migrant children who arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021, according to a federal watchdog report released Thursday. The Department of Health and Human Services is required Eastern Market Metro station evacuated after fire under rail car fills platform with smoke 02/15/2024 03:40pm • A fire under a railcar caused smoke to fill the platform at the Eastern Market Metro station in D.C. Thursday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital and leading to an evacuation of the station. Video from the scene posted on social media showed heavy smoke filling the upper part of the s US Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work 02/15/2024 02:47pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old felony aggravated prostitution law, arguing that it illegally imposes tougher criminal penalties on people who are HIV positive. The lawsuit, filed in western Tennessee, follows an inve South Carolina House approves Sunday liquor sales, potentially lifting another religious restriction 02/15/2024 02:19pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has given key approval to a bill allowing liquor stores to stay open on Sundays for a few hours if their local governments allow it. Supporters said it is time to update antiquated, centuries-old rules based on religion that designated Sunday as a day Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons 02/15/2024 01:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal prisoners over the years, a watchdog report released Thursday found. Mental hea Chiefs lineman Trey Smith shares WWE title belt with frightened boy after parade shooting 02/15/2024 12:04pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith shared the WWE title belt to help calm a young boy in the aftermath of the mass shooting at the team's Super Bowl celebration. Smith, who sported the belt during the celebration, noticed the frightened boy, who was with his fa 3 people found dead in Northeast DC apartment 02/15/2024 10:20am • Two women and a man were found dead in an apartment in Northeast D.C. Wednesday night, according to authorities. Ramey Kyle, assistant chief of D.C. police, outlined at a press conference that night how police had found the three people during a "wellness check." Officers responded to a call a Things to do in the DC area: Comedy for a cause, Mother Tongue Film Festival … and more! 02/15/2024 06:07am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. On Feb. 21, the Arlington Drafthouse in Arlington, Virginia, will host the Not your average paint and sip: Purcellville Drink and Draw events take embracing your inner artist to a new level 02/15/2024 05:22am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 10px;padding: 20px 10px;background: #D30000;text-align: center;font-weight: bold;color: #fff;border-r