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Maryland woman sentenced for financial crimes against vulnerable adult 05/15/2023 11:11pm • The former owner of a mental health residential facility licensed by D.C., and who was also a former president of the Maryland PTA, has been ordered to jail for financial wrongdoing. LaTonja Carrera, 48, of Camp Springs, Maryland, admitted to accessing the bank accounts of a vulnerable 73-year-ol 10 apps to use now to make taxes easier next year 05/15/2023 08:00pm • Taxpayers gave a collective sigh of relief after the April tax deadline passed. Another year of scrambling to gather receipts and calculate expenses is over. However, the tax season doesn't have to be a mad dash to collect tax documents. Instead of waiting until next spring to get organized, star Suggested tip amounts: Do they guilt you into tipping more? 05/15/2023 10:23am • More service industry payments are being made on handheld point-of-sale tablets and counter screens with customers swiping or tapping and, before signing, adding gratuity. And often, restaurants, taxi drivers, hair salons and other service industry businesses have set default, pre-determined tip Moore signs expansion of veteran retiree tax credit into law; Republicans push back on other issues 05/13/2023 12:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Military veterans will now be able to claim a larger income tax credit if they retire in Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore (D) traveled to Warfi Review: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck's 'Air' drops on Prime Video and it's a total slam dunk 05/12/2023 01:24pm • When Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunited 25 years after "Good Will Hunting" (1997) to film the underdog Air Jordan biopic "Air," they initially expected to release it straight to streaming on Amazon Prime Video. However, a shifting pandemic business model and positive buzz about the movie in Younger parents are moving in with kids: Here's why 05/11/2023 08:00pm • Bundling expenses can be an effective strategy to lower costs, and one way to do it is by forming multigenerational households. When several adults are earning and living as one, they can economize and save. It's becoming more common, too, especially as inflation pushes the cost of goods and serv Shopping rules to slash impulse spending 05/11/2023 09:34am • Whether you're shopping for small things like groceries or big things like a new car, it's easy to get carried away and end up spending more than you intended. That's especially true when stores and websites are designed to encourage you to spend as much as possible, even as inflation is pushing Retakes, accepting late assignments among proposed changes to Arlington schools' grading policy 05/10/2023 05:22am • Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is proposing a plan that would enable middle and high school students to retake or redo certain assignments and reduce the weight that homework has on a student's overall grade. Under proposed changes to school system policies, all teachers would provide "reta Diaper bank nonprofit founder reflects on decade of service in DC region 05/08/2023 05:33am • 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 mother founded a D.C.-area nonprofit to give a helping hand to other caregivers throughout the area, providing diapers and other suppli How the gender pay gap affects women's retirement 05/03/2023 08:00pm • Historically, women have earned less than men on average, and this pattern impacts their retirement funds. The median 401(k) account for women is 65% lower than the balance for men, according to recent research from T. Rowe Price. The study found that women and men tend to have the same access to Things to watch when interest rates go up 05/02/2023 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve raised interest rates seven times in 2022 and twice -- so far -- in 2023, with the most recent increase of 0.25% occurring in March 2023. Its aim is to cool inflation, which is near its highest levels since the '80s. In a recent Reuters poll, economists predicted only one more Rockville man sentenced to life plus 65 years for killing former boss 05/02/2023 01:08am • A Rockville, Maryland, man has been sentenced to life plus 65 years in prison for the murder of his ex-boss, Geoffrey Biddle, two years ago. Billy Phillips pleaded guilty last month to the June 2021 killing of Biddle, 66, the former CEO of Gaithersburg-based Payment solutions. Biddle was found Memorial for fallen journalists will be built on the National Mall 05/01/2023 10:48pm • A location in D.C. has been selected for a new memorial dedicated to fallen journalists. The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation said Monday that the memorial is going on a triangle of land at the corner of 3rd Street SW and Independence Avenue, where it's bounded by Maryland Avenue SW. That p Maryland teenager's self-portrait will join well-known works of art at US Capitol 05/01/2023 10:30pm • 17-year-old Oliva Ensign, who attends MCPS Visual Arts Center Program at Albert Einstein High School, wins the Eighth District Congressional Art Competition with her self-portrait, “The Memory Quilt: Pieces of Myself." Her self-portrait will be hang in the U.S. Capitol's hallway between the House Summer road trips might not cost you nearly as much as they did last year 05/01/2023 03:41pm • If you are heading out for a summer road trip, you probably won’t pay nearly as much for gas as you did last year. On Monday, the average gas price per gallon for the D.C. region was around $3.57 per gallon -- 85 cents less than the same time in 2022. Gas prices are typically at their peak in Ma