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How Medical Conspiracy Theories Could Be Affecting Your Health 10/17/2017 08:00pm • In our chaotic, often unpredictable world, there's no shortage of conspiracy theories about climate change and technology or about political and historical subjects, ranging from who was really behind the assassination of John F. Kennedy to whether the moon landings were faked. In the last half-cen How to Protect Yourself From the Next Big Data Breach 10/15/2017 08:00pm • Dangers lurk around every data byte, and as everyone's lives are becoming increasingly digitized, you are constantly at risk of losing your identity. The recent breach at credit reporting bureau Equifax emphasizes that fact. "I believe that the Equifax breach scared people to death because it finall Helping Kids Navigate a Virtual World Where Cyberbullying is Common 10/12/2017 08:00pm • Melanie (not her real name), is a fourth-grade student who takes pride in perfect spelling test scores, reading above grade level and earning awards for horseback riding. She has a small group of friends and tons of family support, and she enjoys school. From the outside looking in, you might think Q&A: Chadwick Boseman dishes on playing Thurgood in 'Marshall' (Video) 10/11/2017 02:13am • WASHINGTON — He played Jackie Robinson in "42" and James Brown in "Get on Up." This Friday, Chadwick Boseman takes on another icon in "Marshall," playing a young Thurgood Marshall in a case decades before making history as the first black Supreme Court justice. The film follows Mar Indigenous Peoples Day? Italians say stick with Columbus 10/08/2017 02:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Is it time to say arrivederci to Christopher Columbus? A movement to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day has gained momentum in some parts of the U.S., with Los Angeles in August becoming the biggest city yet to decide to stop honoring the Italian exp 9 Cooking Tricks That Will Make Everyone Think You're a Great Chef 10/01/2017 08:00pm • Faking fancy It all started with a fillet of fish and a sheet of brown parchment paper. When Amber Bailey used the two in a recipe, she knew cooking could be her career. "It's like magic in your mouth," says Bailey, now a personal chef in New York City. But you don't have to go to culinary school to South Korea's Claw Arcades Explode in Popularity 09/28/2017 08:00pm • SEOUL -- South Korean students Jang Jiyeon and Han Ji Young scurried through the crowded arcade in Hongdae, a bustling university district in Seoul. One claw machine in the array caught their attention. It was packed with stuffed Pikachu, the pointy eared yellow rodent from the Pokémon franchise. 12 Ways You're Sabotaging Your Chances of Being Wealthy 09/27/2017 08:00pm • Money isn't everything in life, but most people wouldn't turn down the chance to be wealthy. According to finance experts, building wealth isn't as hard as you think and can be achieved on even a modest income. "At some point you have to define what wealthy means to you," says Kyle Winkfield, manag Anatomy of a Russian attack: Attempts to target US began immediately after Soviet Union's collapse 09/25/2017 01:47am • About this series: The U.S. intelligence community has concluded that an attempt to interfere in the 2016 presidential election was ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. A WTOP investigation that began in November 2016 examined how the attack happened, when it started, wh Credit Monitoring Companies Should Survive Equifax (EFX) Breach 09/18/2017 08:00pm • The Equifax data breach exposed financial data from 143 million users, and led to negative headlines and heavy criticism of Equifax (NYSE: EFX), specifically, and of credit reporting companies, in general. For investors, the key question is this - will the negative hit Equifax is taking this week h Anatomy of a Russian attack: First signs of the Kremlin's attempt to influence the 2016 election 09/18/2017 04:04am • WASHINGTON — In April 2014, former FBI special agent Clint Watts and two colleagues noticed a bizarre petition on the Whitehouse.gov website. “Alaska back to Russia appeared as a public campaign to give America's largest state back to the nation from which it was purchased Rhino horn is smuggled from South Africa in trinket form 09/17/2017 06:26pm • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — International traffickers have tried many ways to smuggle African rhino horns to Asia, concealing them inside wooden Buddha statues, stashing horn pieces in lobster heads kept in a refrigerated container and disguising horn portions as the bases of painted statues. Now, conserv Catherine Hoggle indicted on two counts of murder 09/14/2017 11:05pm • WASHINGTON -- Catherine Hoggle, the Montgomery County mother of two children who vanished in 2014, was indicted on two counts of murder. Hoggle's children, Sarah and Jacob Hoggle, were 3 and 2 years old when they went missing in 2014 and have never been found. Hoggle was the last person to see th How to choose where to donate money for hurricane victims 09/11/2017 08:04pm • WASHINGTON — The one-two punch of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma has left many people in need in the U.S. and Caribbean. With needs shifting from minute to minute, one of the best ways to help is through money donations, but some homework needs to be done before wallets are opened. “Find China's Complex Relations With Race 09/11/2017 08:00pm • BEIJING -- Chinese state media squeezed as much propaganda value as it could out of the chaotic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where on Aug. 11 a group of white nationalists marched in support of a "Unite the Right" rally, triggering violent clashes between the white nationalists and counter-p