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Virginia lawmakers pass bill to get tougher on hemp products 02/26/2023 09:36am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly voted Friday to pass a bill to toughen regulations on hemp-derived products that con 10 Best Low-Cost Index Funds to Buy 02/23/2023 07:00pm • It's a well-known fact that, over long periods of time, the majority of active fund managers and stock-pickers fail to outperform the market. For example, consider the results of a recent scorecard from S&P Dow Jones Indices, which measures the performance of actively managed funds around the wo Prince William County schools looking to draw teacher apprentices 02/20/2023 12:38pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County Public Schools is planning to join the growing wave of school divisions starting teaching apprenticeship programs n Supreme Court weighs liability shield for internet giants 02/19/2023 07:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Islamic State gunmen killed American college student Nohemi Gonzalez as she sat with friends in a Paris bistro in 2015, one of several attacks on a Friday night in the French capital that left 130 people dead. Her family's lawsuit claiming YouTube's recommendations helped the LGBTQ relationships are finally getting the Bollywood rom-com treatment 02/19/2023 03:05am • Bollywood is filled with love stories about going against societal norms or familial expectations. The 1960 epic "Mughal-e-Azam" tells the tale of an emperor-in-waiting who falls for a courtesan over his father's objections. The 1995 hit rom-com "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" centers on two non-re Wall Street closes another bumpy week with a mixed finish 02/17/2023 04:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed another bumpy week with a mixed performance on Friday amid worries that inflation is not cooling as quickly or as smoothly as hoped. The S&P fell 0.3% after paring a bigger loss from the morning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 129 points, or 0.4%, aft Outer Banks to Northern Virginia teens: Take 'Beach Week' elsewhere 02/17/2023 07:31am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Last June, hundreds of high school students celebrating graduation descended on the quiet North Carolina Outer Banks village of Corolla f Review: CBS sitcom 'Ghosts' proves Network TV isn't dead -- it's hauntingly hilarious 02/15/2023 12:51am • Streaming may be where the action is, but network television isn't dead yet thanks to ABC's "Abbott Elementary" winning Best Comedy Series at the Golden Globes. If there's one other network sitcom that rivals "Abbott" for weekly laugh-out-loud viewing, it's the hauntingly hilarious "Ghosts" o 7 Best Dividend ETFs to Buy Now 02/14/2023 07:00pm • Picking the right dividend stocks is no easy task. First, you have to find a company that pays a decent yield that is better than the typical S&P 500 constituent. Then, you have to make sure that dividend is sustainable and, in the best of worlds, growing steadily. Even if you find these two fac IRS nominee faces herculean challenge of modernizing agency 02/14/2023 10:56am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Even in the best of times, the IRS is the agency Americans love to hate. And these are hardly the best of times. The nation’s tax-collecting agency is a villain to many a taxpayer. It’s a magnet for GOP criticism. It's woefully understaffed, and the new Republican House woul The 10 Biggest Tech Companies in the World 02/13/2023 07:00pm • These tech behemoths have been top market performers in recent decades.Technology is the economic sector that currently garners the most media coverage and investor inflows. The robust interest in technology stems from its strong historical rates of growth and exciting innovations over the last deca Super Bowl ads use celebs, humor, lots of dogs 02/12/2023 10:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Advertisers bet big that viewers were turning to the Super Bowl for a comforting escape, and delivered a series of advertisements that relied on familiar celebrity faces, light humor, and plenty of cuddly dogs. This wasn’t a year for edgy humor or experimentation. After the gl Super Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars 02/12/2023 08:17am • NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of the year: They offer a glimpse of the country’s zeitgeist, along with how major industries are faring. This year, crypto ads and automakers are advertising less since those industries Year after 'Crypto Bowl,' crypto ads vanish from big game 02/10/2023 10:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — How the mighty have fallen. Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with commercials from a handful of newcomers to advertising’s biggest stage: FTX, Coinbase, Crypto.com and eToro. Some marketing experts dubbed it the “Crypto Bowl.” A year Review: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher shine in a rom-com 02/09/2023 07:12pm • If you decide to settle in and watch “Your Place or Mine” to see the sparks fly between Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, you'll be initially disappointed. They're not in the same room until the last 12 minutes. The premise of this particular Netflix rom-com is two old friends switching home