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Sexual assaults 'steadily increasing' in last 4 years in Montgomery Co. 03/29/2019 08:30am • A new crime report released this week by the police department in Maryland's Montgomery County, the largest county in the state, continues to show a troubling increase in sexual assaults. At the same time, murders, robberies, burglaries and opioid deaths have declined. According to the report, th Smartest ways to redeem credit card cash back 03/28/2019 08:00pm • Cash back credit cards are some of the most popular rewards credit cards available today. These rewards credit cards are relatively easy to understand. Redeeming the cash back you earn with them is fairly simple, too. How you use the cash back you accumulate can make a big difference. Rather than Md. may expand tax credits for electric vehicles 03/28/2019 12:47pm • Legislation could increase the Maryland tax credit received for electric cars to $3,000 per vehicle. Marylanders currently receive $100 times the number of kilowatt-hours of the electric vehicle's battery capacity, with a maximum of $3,000. With this bill, each new electric vehicle purchased will WOW Air ceases operations 03/28/2019 09:21am • Discount airline WOW Air has abruptly ceased operations, leaving thousands of booked passengers for upcoming flights scrambling for options, after failing to line up much-needed new financing. Iceland-based WOW Air made a splash locally when it launched service from BWI Marshall Airport in Maryla No. 1 Virginia seeks easier path in Sweet 16 03/27/2019 05:48pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Top-seeded Virginia has already gone two games further than last year's NCAA Tournament. Now in the Sweet 16, the Cavaliers aim to be more assertive against No. 12 seed Oregon. The Cavaliers hope that playing in a venue they've thrived in helps that quest in Thursday n Move over Grammys: Wammies honor DC music in push to 'Listen Local First' 03/27/2019 12:31am • Kacey Musgraves and Childish Gambino dominated the Grammys last month, but what about the local stars who are yet to be discovered? Well, they might just come from the Wammies. The local music award show is being revived by the nonprofit group The MusicianShip and promoted by Listen Local DeVos blasted again for proposing cuts to the Special Olympics 03/26/2019 08:19pm • For the third year in a row, Democrats dinged Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Tuesday for proposing to cut funds from the Special Olympics, after-school programs and support for students from low-income families. The difference is that this time, Democrats control the Get ready for a fast-paced CBD land grab 03/26/2019 11:29am • The CBD gold rush has begun. CBD, the chemical found in hemp and marijuana plants, is showing up in shampoos, lattes, body oils, gummy bears and dog treats. It's being sold in coffee shops and farmer's markets, mom-and-pops and high-end department stores and most recently, drugstore chain CVS. Retailers want to go cashless. But opponents say that's discriminatory 03/26/2019 09:23am • Retailers and restaurants say eliminating cash at their stores makes them more efficient. But opponents argue that cashless stores exclude millions of Americans without bank accounts. Americans use cash in 30% of all transactions, according to a 2017 survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Fr Refinance your car loan? Arlington’s MotoRefi can do that 03/26/2019 06:00am • Homeowners refinance their mortgages all the time, but refinancing an auto loan isn’t something most borrowers consider. Arlington, Virginia-based startup MotoRefi thinks it has found a way to make it easy to do. MotoRefi has raised $4.7 million in venture capital funding to ramp up its auto 9 red flags you're making a bad financial decision 03/25/2019 09:00am • Watch out for these telltale signs. If you've made poor spending decisions in the past or developed lackluster money-management habits over time, you've probably tried to figure out where things went south. The reality is there are often warnings indicating that you were about to stumble into som Applying for a mortgage? Shop the rate (and prepare for paperwork if you’re self-employed) 03/25/2019 07:36am • For homebuyers applying for a mortgage, the work starts well before you actually apply for it, and for self-employed mortgage seekers, the work can be even more daunting. For all mortgage seekers, you can get a better deal if you put the time and effort into finding it. Many buyers tend to def Hundreds of cities, counties and tribes suing Sackler family over opioid crisis 03/24/2019 12:10am • More than 600 cities, counties and Native American tribes from 28 states have filed a federal lawsuit against eight members of the Sackler family — owners of the pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma LP — accusing them of creating the opioid addiction crisis through ownership of the company that ma What's new at Nationals Park for the 2019 season? 03/21/2019 07:09pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'a7b902ab-d82c-4aad-afb4-31cefa5c06f6' }).render("805615367312f7b0");}); The giveaway at Nationals Park for next Man convicted in 2017 rape, murder of artist in Northeast DC 03/20/2019 06:22pm • Two years after a woman was attacked by an intruder as she was loading up her car to leave D.C., a jury convicted the man charged with her rape and murder. Jurors found El Hadji Toure, 30, formerly of Laurel, Maryland, guilty Wednesday of all 13 counts he was facing, including the murder and rape