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Expert advises when to book holiday flights 09/29/2021 10:58pm • Good news for holiday travelers: Domestic airfares are low across the board. "You're very likely to be able to snag a very good deal for Thanksgiving,” said Willis Orlando, a flight expert at Scott's Cheap Flights. But he said travelers have to move quickly to lock something down: "I would say Progressive uprising marks an existential moment for Democrats 09/29/2021 12:01am • Progressives in Congress are finally armed with the leverage they have craved for years and sense an existential moment for their movement. In the fight with Democratic Party moderates over President Joe Biden's $4 trillion agenda, the left's long-held dreams of sweeping reform -- most clearly em More than just a bank, Chase branch in Southeast DC also serves as community center 09/28/2021 08:04pm • Members of a marching band launched the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Chase Innovative Branch in Skyland Town Center in Southeast D.C. Tuesday. A bank branch with a mission, it aims to help people and small businesses in Wards 7 and 8 realize better financial futures. "This is what makes 5 things to know about the Evergrande crisis: A simple breakdown 09/27/2021 05:43am • The world is still waiting to find out what will happen to troubled Chinese conglomerate Evergrande and its enormous mountain of debt. The property developer's debt crisis is a major test for Beijing. Some analysts fear it could even turn into China's Lehman Brothers moment, sending shockwaves ac For DC police commander, ending the violence in his Southeast district is 'personal' 09/25/2021 11:00am • Just a couple of hours after five people were shot outside a shopping center in Southeast D.C., John Branch, commander of the D.C. police department’s Seventh District, walked around Alabama Avenue talking to members of the community before addressing a few reporters who were still on the scene. Anne Arundel school leaders tweak distance learning program amid quarantine spike 09/24/2021 02:20am • In less than one week, the number of public school students in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, under quarantined for coronavirus exposure has spiked. Earlier this week, more than 1,000 students were at home on a 10-day stay because they, or someone they know, had COVID-19 symptoms. That figure mor GW alumna Jonquel Jones named AP's WNBA MVP, former Terp Brionna Jones takes MIP 09/22/2021 03:57pm • Former DMV standouts Jonquel Jones, Brionna Jones win AP WNBA awards originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonJonquel Jones is no stranger to winning Associated Press WNBA awards.In previous years, the Connecticut Sun forward and former George Washington star has been honored by the media that vo Montgomery County Board of Elections approves early voting center In White Oak 09/22/2021 07:50am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The White Oak Community Recreation Center will be an early voting center in the 2022 elections, Montgomery County Board of Elections membe Md. county executives: ‘Healthy competition’ can drive local policies on climate change 09/21/2021 04:12pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Less than a month after remnants of Hurricane Ida tore through Annapolis and inundated parts of Maryland with floods, county executives from Gabby Petito case rekindles debate about selective coverage, consumption of missing persons stories 09/20/2021 10:46pm • News organizations and much of the public at large are transfixed on the story of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito, who went missing during a trip with her fiancée Brian Laundrie. Authorities recently found human remains in Grand Teton, Wyoming that are believed to be those of the missing 22-yea Resources to help minority-owned small businesses thrive 09/17/2021 02:28pm • This content is provided by TD Bank. Owning a small business offers the advantages of creative freedom, flexibility and the personal satisfaction of following your dreams. And for many minority business owners, the prospect of giving back to and investing in communities of color is worth the risk Review: Clint Eastwood paints neo-western with a rooster sidekick in 'Cry Macho' 09/17/2021 12:37pm • Clint Eastwood famously “buried” the western genre in his masterful “Unforgiven” (1992), winning Best Picture in one of the American Film Institute’s Top 4 Westerns of All Time. Now, he returns to the genre for the first time in 30 years with “Cry Macho,” a neo-western that wear Maryland toll authority was unaware it was overcharging motorists, audit finds 09/17/2021 10:28am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Maryland Transportation Authority, which operates toll facilities around the state, didn’t know it was overcharging motorists, a rev Hilton is No. 1 on Fortune’s best 'large' workplaces for women rankings 09/17/2021 09:54am • Fortune’s annual Best Workplaces for Women rankings, based on anonymous employee surveys, ranks McLean, Virginia-based Hilton Worldwide No. 1 on this year’s list of Best Large Workplaces for Women. Fortune reports 52.4% of Hilton’s workforce are women, though that alone is not all the ranki Va. and Md. rank in top 15 for debt as credit card spending rises 09/17/2021 09:38am • During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, many Americans found themselves spending significantly less of their disposable income, and some of that extra money went to paying down credit card debt at a record-setting pace last year. The opposite is happening now. In the second quarter of 2021, consume