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Free Online Certificate Courses to Advance Your Career 04/24/2023 08:00pm • It's always prudent to boost key professional skills that can make you more employable in the current job market. Finding free ways to obtain training and certifications should be at the top of your list. Certificate programs can lead to high-paying jobs -- so if you don't have to pay for a certific Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy 04/24/2023 07:38pm • CARROLLTON, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed Breonna Taylor has a new job in law enforcement - a controversial hiring that drew protesters to a rural Kentucky county northeast of the city. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office on Saturday confir Lawsuit: Mississippi violates rights by appointing judges 04/24/2023 05:50pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a new law that requires some judges to be appointed rather than elected in the state's capital city and its surrounding county, civil rights groups said in a lawsuit filed Monday. It is the second lawsuit since Republican Gov For this Black mom, Ralph Yarl could have been her son 04/24/2023 04:58pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — On April 13, the nightmare that I'd worried about ever since we moved into our neighborhood came true. That was the day that I learned 16-year-old Ralph Yarl was shot after mistakenly ringing a doorbell at the wrong house while trying to pick up his younger brothers from a Speaker McCarthy faces big test as debt bill heads for vote 04/24/2023 04:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation's debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. McCar Famous Twitter users disavow Musk over verification return 04/24/2023 03:54pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Celebrities, professional athletes and other high-profile Twitter users are once again being verified by the social media platform and they don't know why their blue check marks reappeared — nor do they seem too happy about it. Twitter removed the blue marks last week from a Bank rates are up. How to avoid leaving money on the table 04/24/2023 12:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Moving your savings around by opening a new account and closing an old one can seem like a hassle. But it’s a use of time that can pay off. After years of paying low rates for savers, banks are finally offering better interest on deposits. Though the increases may seem small, com 1948 Olympic bronze medalist Herb Douglas dies at 101 04/24/2023 12:17pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, where Douglas starred on the football and track teams before later serving in vari Banks are paying savers again after many years of low rates 04/24/2023 11:34am • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are finally reaping some benefit from keeping their money in the bank. Banks are paying up for savers' deposits in a much bigger way than they have in more than a decade, based on recent earnings reports from the nation's biggest banks. After a decade of low interest rat Ground cumin recalled in 16 states, including Va. over salmonella risk 04/24/2023 10:56am • Check your spice cabinet, Lipari Foods is recalling a lot of its ground cumin in Virginia over concerns it could make people sick. Some Lipari Branded Ground Cumin Tubs are being voluntarily recalled over a possibility they were contaminated with salmonella, according to a company announcement po DC woman who conquered Mt. Kilimanjaro at 73 aims to help other Black climbers 04/24/2023 10:30am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. A D.C. woman, who is believed to be one of the oldest African American women to summit Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, is reaching new heig Susan Rice, Biden's top domestic policy adviser, departing 04/24/2023 10:28am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that his top domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, will leave her post next month. As director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Rice had broad sway on the administration's approach to health care, immigration and racial inequality. It w Metro CEO: DC's fare evasion law needs changing 04/24/2023 09:40am • Metro CEO and General Manager Randy Clarke speaks to DMV Download podcast host Luke Garrett. (WTOP/Luke Garrett) For the last few years, fare evasion in D.C. has been a proverbial thorn in Metro's side. "We need to gain control of the system back and we've got to bring a sense of orderliness, Kimberly Palmer: How to bolster your financial confidence 04/24/2023 09:08am • Melinda Perez, a financial educator, still remembers the first time she felt financially confident. She had recently started investing money outside of her employer-sponsored retirement account because she was finally earning more than she spent. “It was exciting because for once, I had what felt Airport strikes lead to cancellations in Berlin, Hamburg 04/24/2023 08:38am • BERLIN (AP) — Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports staged walkouts on Monday in an ongoing dispute over salary raises, leading to flight cancellations in both German cities. In Berlin, all 220 departures and 70 out of 240 incoming flights were canceled, German news agency dpa reported. Due to