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Cash-out or refi? It depends (if you can even get one) 06/22/2020 09:05am • Tapping home equity is typically done through a cash-out refinance or a HELOC. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images) More homeowners are considering tapping home equity, either out of need or as a hedge against potential need, amid the economic uncerta While Confederate statues come down, other symbols targeted 06/21/2020 03:15pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Spectators in North Carolina's capital cheered Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot monument. News outlets reported that work crews acting on the order of Democratic Gov. Data Doctors: When you post photos on social media, who owns the copyrights? 06/19/2020 05:00am • Q: Do I give up my copyrights of an image if I publish it on social media? The term "copyright," when it comes to any type of creative work, is pretty much what it sounds like: the right to copy. The person that created the work and anyone they authorize to use the work are the only ones that can Wells Fargo donates $1 million to help DC small businesses 06/17/2020 07:50am • This content is sponsored by Wells Fargo. Business owners have had to turn on a dime and adapt to unfamiliar circumstances during the coronavirus pandemic, an effort made even more difficult due to plummeting revenue and new pandemic-related restrictions. But some businesses in the nation's ca Montgomery Co. to enter Phase Two on June 19 06/15/2020 05:11pm • Montgomery County will enter Phase Two of reopening from COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, officials announced Monday. The most populated county in Maryland has "achieved its benchmarks" and will enter Phase Two at 5 p.m. on Friday, County Executive Marc Elrich and Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles Alexandria program boosts solar power conversion for homes, businesses 06/15/2020 11:50am • The SolarizeAlexandria program, beginning Monday and running through August, makes it easier for residents of the Virginia city to install solar power systems on houses and businesses. Residents who sign up for the program will get a free virtual assessment of their homes and businesses to see wh Alexandria's first African American police chief talks police reform, race relations 06/12/2020 08:00pm • A former police department leader who has vast personal and professional experience with race relations spoke to WTOP about what’s needed to create systemic societal change and ways to revamp police departments. Former Alexandria Police Chief Earl Cook, who became the first African American to DC files lawsuits accusing relatives, health aide of taking financial advantage of seniors 06/11/2020 11:02pm • D.C. has filed multiple lawsuits accusing relatives and a caretaker of taking financial advantage of elderly residents. The D.C. Attorney General’s Office filed five separate lawsuits against family members and a home health aid they said “financially exploited” vulnerable adults. The Di Hogan: Indoor dining to resume with restrictions on Friday 06/11/2020 07:49am • Citing a decrease in coronavirus numbers based on reopening metrics, indoor dining in Maryland may resume on Friday, with restrictions and capacity. Gov. Larry Hogan said in an update Wednesday that starting Friday at 5 p.m., indoor dining at restaurants can start at 50% capacity, with strict pub DC not ready for Phase Two despite coronavirus progress; contact tracing ramps up 06/10/2020 02:05pm • D.C. is making headway on at least one metric it needs to see in order to start Phase Two reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Wednesday. There has been a nine-day decrease in community spread. A sustained 14-day decrease is one of the metrics that needs to be hit to move towar Acela is back: NYC or Boston for $99 06/10/2020 11:16am • The new, next generation Acela train arrived June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C. The plan is to roll them out next year.(Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Amtrak, which suspended all high-speed Acela service from D.C., New York City and Boston in late-March, resumed limi DC Council unanimously approves sweeping police reforms in emergency legislation 06/09/2020 09:38pm • A person walks Tuesday, June 9, 2020, near the White House in Washington, past signs hanging on a police fence at 16th and H streets after days of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The D.C. Council voted unanimously Tuesday afterno Bethesda street closures start Wednesday as part of Phase One plan 06/09/2020 08:10pm • Norfolk Avenue, between St. Elmo and Cordell avenues, in downtown Bethesda, Maryland, is one of the many streets that will be closed starting Wednesday, June 10, as part of the "Bethesda Streetery" program. (Credit: Google Street View) Several streets will be closed to vehicles starting Wednesda MobileNOW! parking payment app out of business in Montgomery County 06/09/2020 03:12pm • MobileNOW! is in the processes of liquidation. It ceased operations May 18, though account histories and balances remain available online for a limited time. (Montgomery County Department of Transportation) MobileNOW!, one of two mobile parking payment app providers contracted with the Montgomer NPS: Part of Lafayette Park to reopen Wednesday 06/08/2020 06:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — That massive fence erected around Lafayette Park, which the National Park Service said will partially reopen Wednesday, has become a do-it-yourself gallery of protest art. Messages, posters and portraits, ranging from loving to enraged, almost blot out the view of the White Ho