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7 Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 08/14/2020 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. Fidelity funds can be a good option, particularly if you're focused on balancing costs against returns. "If your strategy is to buy and hold, t Back-to-School Shopping Tips for Home Schooling and At-Home Learning 08/12/2020 12:00am • The back-to-school shopping season is looking very different this year for both parents and retailers. As families brace themselves for several months of distance learning, parents are expected to spend more in different categories compared to last year. According to the 2020 Back-to-School Survey 3 Ways International Students Can Spend a Pandemic Gap Year at Home 08/11/2020 12:00am • Manya Gupta from India was supposed to begin her studies this fall as an incoming freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, but the coronavirus pandemic upended her plans. So in June, for logistical, health and safety reasons, she decided to defer her admission and spend the coming academic year o 'Major gas explosion' in Baltimore kills 1; search continues 08/10/2020 09:00pm • ��� Baltimore firefighters are on the scene of a gas explosion that has killed one woman, seriously injured several othes and leveled three houses. The Baltimore City Fire Department in an update Monday night said that seven people had been taken to the hospital after the explosion on Labyrint Moving target: Challenge of launching Sterling axe-throwing bar during pandemic 08/07/2020 07:57am • Tara Hampton and her husband Alan Radney knew they wanted to open their own business, but weren't sure what type. "We were noodling around with potentially a coffee shop that had live music," said Hampton. Instead, they opened an axe-throwing bar, called Axes and Os, in Sterling, Virginia. 7 Best Growth Funds to Buy and Hold 08/07/2020 12:00am • Invest for long-term growth with low-cost funds. Buy-and-hold investing often goes hand in hand with a value investing strategy with which the goal is finding investments that are primed to appreciate over the long term. Growth mutual funds and exchange-traded funds can also have a place in a buy-an Md. man who spat on restaurant worker facing stiffer charges, banned from restaurant for life 08/06/2020 11:30pm • An Olney, Maryland, man is facing second-degree assault charges for allegedly spitting on a restaurant employee. Montgomery County police said Paul Dunlap, 36, spat on the worker in a dispute over wearing a face mask. It happened at the Brew Belly Kitchen and Sudhaus last Friday afternoon. Johns Hopkins undergrads to have all-virtual fall semester 08/06/2020 06:46pm • Johns Hopkins University announced Thursday that almost all programs, studies and research would be conducted online this fall due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Although we were hoping to resume in-person academic, research and student-life activities this fall in Baltimore, based on a recent uptick Nearly 2 dozen miles of DC streets will soon be 15 mph zones 08/06/2020 06:33pm • D.C. is expanding the "Slow Streets" program that's expected to grow to include 22 miles of speed restricted roadways by next month. The new initiative implementing 15 mph speed limits will build upon an effort to promote safer use of streets by pedestrians that has been underway since early June COVID-19 positive test rate hits new low in Md., on rise around Ocean City 08/06/2020 12:41pm • The latest numbers on the coronavirus pandemic in Maryland look good, with the exception of the area around a popular vacation spot. The statistics released by Gov. Larry Hogan���s office Thursday show that the percentage of COVID-19 tests that came back positive Wednesday was 3.83%, bringing the Inverse ETFs: What They Are and How to Invest In Them 08/06/2020 12:00am • With markets jumping up and down, investors may seek to capture the inverse of market returns when share prices tank. In short, it may be tempting today to try your hand at timing the market with an inverse exchange-traded fund. On the surface, inverse ETFs appear to deliver the opposite returns of Smithsonian director on what it takes to reopen, transform during COVID-19 pandemic 08/05/2020 08:31pm • The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled the Smithsonian Institution to consider how its museums and facilities in the D.C. area can be more effective and nimble in the 21st century when they reopen. Lonnie Bunch, the Secretary of the Smithsonian, told Tom Temin of WTOP's sister station, Federal News Montgomery County battle over nonpublic schools opening escalates 08/05/2020 06:35pm • Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles adjusts his mask before talking with reporters at the VEIP station in White Oak on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. (Photo by Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Montgomery County Health Officer Dr. Travis Gayles has repeated his call fo Hogan: Maryland sees lowest COVID-19 positivity rate since pandemic began 08/05/2020 05:57pm • Maryland recorded its lowest rate of COVID-19 positivity since the pandemic began, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday. Across the state, the seven-day positivity rate for the virus has fallen to 4.05%, which is the lowest level recorded since the World Health Organization first declared the nov 'We've had enough': Northam on compact with 6 other states for COVID-19 testing 08/05/2020 05:18pm • Saying governors have ���had enough,��� Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam spoke Wednesday about the compact he entered into with the governors of six other states of both parties to buy coronavirus testing supplies. ���This is another way that the states are leading the national response to COVID-19,��