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Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Tom Brady among the former pro athletes who have become WNBA owners 06/28/2024 03:50pm • Magic Johnson's love of basketball motivated him to save the Los Angeles Sparks from folding and also put him on the leading edge of what is now a growing WNBA trend. Ten years after becoming the majority owner the team's value has increased and other former professional athletes are buying into the The librarian who spoke out: Irene Padilla steps down after 22 years as Md. state librarian 06/28/2024 01:15pm • Librarians are supposed to keep quiet. Irene Padilla made her career as a librarian by speaking out. Padilla is retiring Sunday, ending a 22-year run as head of the Maryland State Library Agency, where colleagues say she has been a voice against book banning, created a fund that has revitalized o Stars, Flyers buy out Suter, Atkinson as NHL teams clear space for offseason moves 06/28/2024 12:58pm • Buyout season is underway around the NHL as teams clear salary cap space for upcoming moves. The Dallas Stars on Friday bought out the final year of veteran defenseman Ryan Suter���s contract after his disappointing playoffs. The Philadelphia Flyers are moving in the same direction with underproduci Philadelphia Flyers to buy out remainder of Cam Atkinson's contract 06/28/2024 12:21pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� The Philadelphia Flyers announced Friday that they will buy out the remainder of forward Cam Atkinson's contract. Atkinson was signed through 2025. He was with the Flyers for three years and posted 36 goals and 42 assists in 143 regular-season games. In 2021-22, he was awarded Dionne Harmon is making major moves in Hollywood as a producer. Next up is Sunday's BET Awards 06/28/2024 11:06am • BURBANK, Calif. (AP) ��� If Dionne Harmon never found an old script on New Edition's biopic, the R&B group's story might still be sitting on a shelf instead of becoming a highly-rated miniseries for BET. Same can be said for other projects like ���The Bobby Brown Story��� and the Soul Train-ins Celebrating local Pride heroes: A DC man brings health resources to Black LGBTQ communities nationwide 06/28/2024 06:32am • Every week, WTOP is celebrating a Pride Hero who has made a difference in��the LGBTQ+ community in the D.C. area��as part of our Pride Month coverage. Check back all throughout June as we share these stories on air and online. While administering HIV tests in New York City, Kenya Hutton heard Terps, including a legend, help use sports to impart life lessons on summer campers 06/27/2024 08:20pm • A summer camp hosted at the University of Maryland is trying to make playing sports more accessible for lower-income kids with a focus on important life lessons. The program, LiFESports, started at Ohio State University and is replicated at other colleges around the country. It provides middl How to Find Financial Aid for Vocational Schools 06/27/2024 08:00pm • Vocational education programs are typically designed to prepare students for employment more quickly and affordably than a traditional associate or bachelor's degree. Even with a lower price tag, financial aid may still be available for students in vocational programs. "The student's actual cost of What Is Skiplagging and Should You Do It? 06/27/2024 08:00pm • Everyone wants a deal, and skiplagging is a travel hack that promises to slash how much you pay for airfare. "It is not for the faint of heart, but it is a way to save a significant amount," says Sheldon Jacobson, a computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who spe What Is the Average Credit Score? 06/27/2024 08:00pm • The average FICO credit score in the U.S. is 717. The average VantageScore, another frequently used credit scoring model, is 702. "There are hundreds of different credit scores, and they all use the information in your credit report to generate a score," says Rod Griffin, senior director of consumer How to Invest During Rate Cuts 06/27/2024 08:00pm • The Federal Reserve's favorite inflation gauge, the core personal consumption expenditures index, or PCE, which leaves out volatile food and energy prices, rose 2.6% in May on an annual basis, the slowest pace since March 2021. Economists expected as much. As the discussion over "higher for longer" This Is Why You Might Be Responsible For Paying Your Parents' Medical Debts 06/27/2024 08:00pm • If you're like most Americans, handling the vast array of health care expenses is a major financial challenge. As those costs rise, so does anxiety. A February 2024 KFF Health Tracking poll found that 74% of respondents were worried about how they would pay for unexpected medical bills and health ca How to Build Credit Fast 06/27/2024 08:00pm • Building credit can take years. And if you're one of the 26 million Americans that are credit invisible -- consumers who don't have a credit record -- building your credit from scratch can feel overwhelming. But there are tangible steps you can take that will catapult you in the right direction. How 17 Work-Life Balance Quotes and Tips From CEOs 06/27/2024 08:00pm • Work-life balance remains elusive for many in a world of nonstop virtual, social and professional demand. Yet as the work-life balance quotes below -- gathered from commencement speeches and other public sound bites -- show, that shouldn't prevent you from trying to relieve the strain caused by comp Gymnast Skye Blakely's bid to reach the Olympics ends after rupturing her right Achilles 06/27/2024 07:02pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Skye Blakely's bid to make the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team is over. The 19-year-old will miss the U.S. Olympic trials after rupturing her right Achilles on Wednesday. USA Gymnastics and Blakely confirmed the nature of the injury Thursday, just over 24 hours before the