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The many ways that baking is winter therapy. With a delicious ending 12/06/2025 05:57pm • When people talk about baking, they often focus on the final product. The tender cookies, the domed muffins, the rich brownies. But the real draw of baking starts long before you roll out the pie crust. Baking can be many things: an act of creation, connection, control. There’s something comfortin Prince William School Board votes to add 30 minutes to teacher workday beginning next school year 12/04/2025 08:27am • The Prince William County School Board voted late Wednesday night to extend teacher contract hours an additional half hour per workday, a move made against the wishes of many educators in the county. In a 4-3 vote, the board approved a change to a School Board regulation to “ensure the classroo 25 holiday TV offerings to watch ranging from comedies to rom-coms and cozy mysteries 11/30/2025 08:34pm • Whether you prefer something naughty, like the animated movie “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer” or nice, like classics “The Sound of Music” and “Home Alone,” streamers, cable and broadcast networks offer up festive choices in December. Highlights this year include music specials with This Thanksgiving, don't forget the cornbread, and here's a nicely cheesy version 11/24/2025 09:49am • Even though there are many options on our Thanksgiving table, we pay attention to the breadbasket. And every year, one of the non-negotiable items is cornbread. This year, it’s going to be this nicely cheesy version, with shredded cheddar incorporated into the batter, and then some more strewn acr An unusual trend in the economy is worrying the Fed 11/23/2025 04:00am • Washington (CNN) — Something in the US economy isn’t adding up, and it’s rattling the people charged with wrangling inflation and keeping the labor market intact. US companies have sharply slowed their hiring this year, hesitant to invest without knowing the full effects of President Donald Wall Street swings through another erratic day ahead of a couple of crucial tests 11/19/2025 06:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market swung through another unsettled day of trading on Wednesday, ahead of a couple of crucial tests for Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4% after veering between a small loss and a leap of 1.1% earlier in the day. That broke a four-day losing streak, the longes This simple polenta and mushroom dish will elevate your Thanksgiving table 11/18/2025 10:12am • This simple recipe is a marriage of two even simpler foods, that add up to one flavorful appetizer, main dish or side. This would be welcome any time from breakfast to lunch to dinner, and also a nice entertaining idea. And they would be a great addition to a Thanksgiving table, a cheery little side Lithium-ion battery pack ignites Lansdowne house fire 11/17/2025 11:26am • A charging lithium-ion battery pack is to blame for a Saturday fire that left more than $1.2 million damages to a Lansdowne home. Just before noon, Loudoun emergency dispatchers received a 911 call reporting a house fire in the 19000 block of Kipheart Drive. Fire and rescue crews from Lansdown Wall Street drops to one of its worst days since April on worries about AI stocks and interest rates 11/13/2025 06:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market tumbled Thursday to one of its worst days since its springtime sell-off, as Nvidia and other AI superstar stocks kept dropping on worries their prices shot too high. Also hurting the market were questions about whether coming cuts to interest rates that Wall S This gift guide for movie lovers ranges from candles and pj's to books for babies and adults 11/12/2025 03:27pm • If you think gifts for movie lovers begin and end with Blu-Rays and cineplex gift cards, think again. There’s lots of ways to get creative (and impress) the film fan in your life. You could always splurge on a Sundance Film Festival pass (starting at $350 for the online edition, $4,275 for an in- Thanksgiving salad with pears, Parmesan and pomegranate seeds, starring puff pastry croutons 11/12/2025 11:58am • If you want a salad that shouts “holiday,” then you have landed in a very good spot. First of all, anytime you want to make a salad feel very festive and holiday-ish, you can’t go wrong with pomegranate seeds. That’s just a fact. Bright ruby little arils, kind of glowing and translucent, wit 'Prince William is the model': School system launches in-demand food pantry program 11/12/2025 09:38am • Prince William public schools on Nov. 6 celebrated the launch of a pilot food pantry program bringing pantries to 10 schools across the county. The pilot program, constructed in collaboration with the Prince William County Community Foundation, Capital Area Food Bank and the C.H.O.W. Wagon, officia 8 New and Upcoming IPOs in 2025 and 2026 11/11/2025 07:00pm • Through mid-November, the returns of initial public offerings have slowed, and the Renaissance IPO Index stands at a gain of 5.1% year to date, lagging the S&P 500 (up 16.4% by market price over the same period). That flips the script from three months ago, when the IPO index was up 11.7%, moder Rallies for Nvidia and Big Tech help Wall Street nearly erase last week's loss 11/10/2025 05:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Big Tech and other superstars of the U.S. stock market got back to rallying on Monday, and Wall Street recovered most of its loss from last week. The S&P 500 climbed 1.5% and clawed back nearly all its drop from last week, which was its first weekly loss in four. The Dow Jones The Latest: White House walks back Trump’s threat to SNAP 11/04/2025 02:11pm • President Donald Trump caused some confusion earlier Tuesday when he appeared to threaten SNAP benefits unless Democrats voted to reopen the government — despite court orders mandating that the administration keep the nation’s largest food program running. Press secretary Karoline Levitt said Tu