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Right now in Iceland: Hot lava and a warm welcome 06/17/2021 05:03am • Just a 25-minute car ride from Iceland's Keflavik International Airport, a hiking trail winds over two miles to a view of what's quite possibly the greatest show on Earth right now. Iceland's newest active volcano, Geldingadalur, rumbles up -- at regular intervals for the moment -- into a fountai Washington REIT to sell all of its DC office and retail buildings 06/15/2021 09:30am • 1600 Wilson Boulevard in Arlington is one of 12 office buildings Washington REIT is selling. (Courtesy Google Street View) Washington Real Estate Investment is going all in on apartment communities, selling virtually all of its D.C. office and retail properties. D.C.-based Washington REIT has WTOP Announces Launch of WTOP Live Local Charity Campaign 06/15/2021 08:48am • New Partnership with 4Giving Aims to Provide Critical Community and Small Business Support ��Washington, D.C. (May 24, 2021) - WTOP has officially announced the launch of its WTOP Live Local campaign in partnership with 4Giving, a platform that helps non-profits, organizations & individuals qui Best Stocks to Buy in 11 Different Sectors 06/15/2021 12:00am • These picks are among the best stocks in each sector.2021 has been a year marked by shifting investment themes. Investors have gone into special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, electric vehicle stocks, economic reopening plays, cryptocurrencies and more. That's all well and good, but this m Former college swimmer on trans representation 06/12/2021 08:12am • ▶ Watch Video: Former NCAA swimmer Schuyler Bailar discusses attacks on transgender Americans' civil liberties When Schuyler Bailar is in the water, he has an out-of-body experience. Bailar, a former award-winning swimmer at Harvard University, said this sharpens his attention and h 7 Best No-Load Mutual Funds 06/11/2021 12:00am • No-load funds are sold without a commission or sales charge.Investors looking to keep their expenses low when it comes to investing in mutual funds may look to no-load mutual funds. A no-load fund is a mutual fund that allows investors to transact mutual fund shares without paying charges and commis 7 Signs Your Financial Advisor Is Terrible 06/10/2021 12:00am • It's every investor's nightmare -- squirreling away as much money as possible only to later discover part of it was squandered in fees, commissions and unsuitable investments a financial advisor made. That happens all too often, even in the post-Bernie Madoff era. With all the legalese and hidden c Metro adds Android phones for ���touch-free��� SmarTrip payments 06/08/2021 06:00am • SmarTrip card has officially launched on Android devices for touch-free payment at the D.C. area's Metro transit system. This comes nearly nine months after the transit agency launched the app and payment system for iPhones. Starting Tuesday, SmarTrip users with Android devices can ride trains an 2 victims in Prince George���s Co. apartment shooting identified 06/07/2021 12:08pm • Police have identified the two men killed in a shooting at an apartment complex in East Riverdale, Maryland, over the weekend. Jose Velasquez Lemos, 20, and Hilber Martinez Velasquez, 20, both from the Edmonston area, were shot dead Saturday morning, according to Prince George's County police. 8 Major Upcoming IPOs to Watch in 2021 06/07/2021 12:00am • Eight of the biggest IPOs expected in 2021Last year brought a number of highly anticipated initial public offerings, as the likes of Airbnb (ticker: ABNB), Palantir (PLTR), Snowflake (SNOW), DoorDash (DASH) and Unity Software (U) all hit the market. Despite a pandemic, 2020 turned out to be a great Candida Cleanse Diet: Does This Work -- and Is It Safe? 06/07/2021 12:00am • There's no shortage of anti-Candida, Candida cleanse or anti-yeast diet listings and information online offering ways to prevent or treat yeast infections. Many of those same diets also claim to relieve a wide range of symptoms related to gut health. Candida is a type of yeast that typically lives Microsoft says 'tank man' image blocking due to human error 06/05/2021 01:29pm • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Microsoft Corp. blamed ���accidental human error��� for its Bing search engine briefly not showing image results for the search term ���tank man��� on the anniversary of the bloody military crackdown in Beijing���s Tiananmen Square in 1989. Users in different parts of the world 7 Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 06/02/2021 12:00am • Invest in these funds for the long haul."Buy and hold" investing is a long-term play. So choosing the right mutual funds to include in your portfolio matters. As fund managers go, Fidelity is a good option, particularly if you're focused on balancing costs against returns. "If your strategy is to bu 7 Smart Beta ETFs to Buy Now 06/02/2021 12:00am • Here's a way to look beyond typical index funds.The rise of index funds has been undeniably beneficial to smaller and less sophisticated investors. In decades past, you either had to have a high investing IQ or very deep pockets to tap into certain corners of the market, but now you can easily find 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for June 06/01/2021 12:00am • May was a volatile month for markets, as new inflation data from the month prior rattled investors. The consumer price index rose 4.2% in April from the year before, reflecting the highest 12-month advance since 2008. Combined with more data points on soaring housing prices, a clear picture began t