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10 Best Value Stocks to Buy Now 06/12/2024 08:00pm • The stock market keeps hitting new record highs, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 posting particularly impressive gains. Investors who are nervous about chasing the momentum-heavy growth stocks up at these prices might be wondering where to put their capital to work. Interestingly, outside of the lead Haymarket ice skating star Sarah Everhardt is anonymous no more 06/07/2024 03:11pm • Sarah Everhardt saw no reason to make a fuss about her first day back at Battlefield High School after a week-long absence. To the 17-year-old junior, Jan. 30 was another day to slip into English class and join 20 peers to work on her essay for the upcoming Standards of Learning test. But Bran Stock splits: The strange exception where a lower stock price can be better for investors 05/30/2024 08:00am • NEW YORK (AP) — In some rare cases, a lower stock price can actually be a boon for investors. Consider Nvidia, the chip company whose stock price has soared well above $1,000 as Wall Street's frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology keeps revving higher. The company recently said it would AUTO RACING: Newgarden goes back-to-back at Indy. Bell wins in NASCAR and Leclerc wins in F1 05/29/2024 05:56pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Enjoy Illinois 300 Site: Madison, Illinois. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 9:30 a.m., and qualifying, 10:15 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3:30 p.m. (FS1). Track: World Wide Technology Raceway. Race distance: 240 laps, 300 miles. Last year: Kyle Busch won after starting on Why I love my CSA (it's more than the weekly box of fresh produce) 05/28/2024 03:05pm • I might never have fallen in love with kohlrabi had I not joined a CSA. Signing up for a Community-Supported Agriculture program means getting a box of produce from local farms every week or two. It's a way to take advantage of summer's bounty, discover new fruits and vegetables, and support the fol Fort Belvoir honors Memorial Day with annual wreath-laying event 05/25/2024 11:38pm • Fort Belvoir kicked off the holiday weekend early Thursday with a wreath-laying ceremony followed by a multi-part festival. The celebration began in the morning outside the Cold War Memorial on the Long Parade Field. Chaplain Chad Davis delivered the invocation followed by a performance of the Prince William County Public Schools bids farewell to nearly 300 retiring employees 05/25/2024 11:26pm • Prince William County Public Schools hosted a ceremony Tuesday to honor the nearly 300 employees retiring at the end of this school year. Retiring staff, school division officials and community members gathered at Patriot High School to celebrate the retirees. Superintendent LaTanya McDade offered 8 Top-Performing Fidelity Funds for Retirement 05/21/2024 08:00pm • When investors talk about "the market" trending upward over time, they're typically referencing a broad market benchmark, like the S&P 500 index. But it's important to recognize that significant variation still exists within this index. Historically there have been periods where large-cap and sm 9 of the Biggest Financial Fraud Cases in History 05/20/2024 08:00pm • Financial fraud is as prevalent today as it was over 100 years ago, when the Italian con artist Charles Ponzi was swindling investors out of their fortunes in one of the earliest high-profile financial scams ever recorded. With the next recession or economic downturn in the back of investors' minds, How Do I Find My Property Lines? 05/19/2024 08:00pm • You may feel confident that you know your property lines just by looking at your house and yard. The neighbor's fence and where you mow your grass all seem to match the boundaries between other houses on your street. Now imagine being so wrong about your property lines that you learn your house is b Prince William's Co. proposed $140M sports complex facing an uncertain future 05/15/2024 08:11pm • The proposal for an over $100 million indoor athletics facility in Prince William County faces a dicey future as a majority of elected officials appear unable to coalesce around it. The Board of County Supervisors has given staff permission to finalize purchase of a $15 million Woodbridge property 7 Best International Stock Funds to Buy 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Investors these days might be riding the highs of a strong, prolonged U.S. bull market, but it hasn't always been smooth sailing. Older investors might recall the period from 1999 to 2009, now often called the "lost decade" for U.S. equities, when the U.S. stock market posted a meager compound annua National Mall flyover involving nearly 60 aircraft set for take off Saturday 05/11/2024 08:43am • The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association will fly 56 aircraft over the National Mall on Saturday in a celebration of aviation in the works for more than a year. The event will feature a wide array of aircraft representing virtually every chapter of general aviation’s storied history, the asso AUTO RACING: Kyle Larson leads NASCAR Cup standings as series heads to Darlington 05/07/2024 07:28pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Goodyear 400 Site: Darlington, South Carolina. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:35 a.m., and qualifying, 11:20 a.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (FS1). Track: Darlington Raceway. Race distance: 293 laps, 400.238 miles. Last year: William Byron won after starting fourth. For mom this Mother's Day, why not make homemade jam? Just don't tell her how easy it is 05/06/2024 12:00pm • Mother’s Day always feels like a bit of a push-pull to me on many levels. Leaving the wide range of family dynamics aside (that’s another article, to be written by another writer!), the-stay-in-and-cook vs. going-out conundrum bubbles up every year. Make mom a fabulous meal at home (with the ens