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Dictionary.com picks a 'nonsensical and playfully absurd' word of the year 10/29/2025 01:39pm • ▶ Watch Video: Word of the year for 2025 is "67," Dictionary.com announces Sorry, parents and teachers of middle schoolers: your days of hearing "67" shouted randomly are far from over.Dictionary.com on Wednesday announced it has chosen "67" — pronou The stock market is breaking records. Time for a gut check 10/28/2025 02:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Almost everything in your 401(k) should be coming up a winner now. That makes it time for a gut check. Not only is the U.S. stock market setting records, so are foreign stocks. Bond funds, which are supposed to be the boring and safe part of any portfolio, are also doing well this The stock market is breaking records. Time for a gut check 10/28/2025 01:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Almost everything in your 401(k) should be coming up a winner now. That makes it time for a gut check. Not only is the U.S. stock market setting records, so are foreign stocks. Bond funds, which are supposed to be the boring and safe part of any portfolio, are also doing well this Wall Street rallies to more records as gold's price slumps again 10/27/2025 05:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks climbed to more records on Monday ahead of a week packed with potentially market-moving events for Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 1.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 337 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.9%. Each of the trio set an all-time high A cheese lover's cheat sheet to picking the right mozzarella for every dish 10/21/2025 08:34am • If you’ve ever wandered into the cheese section with the innocent intent of “just picking up some mozzarella,” you know it’s not that simple. What was once a single white orb in plastic wrap is now an entire category. Fresh, low-moisture, smoked, buffalo, burrata — mozzarella takes many f The VA250 Mobile Museum will spend the week in Prince William 10/19/2025 06:51pm • The VA250 Mobile Museum, celebrating America’s upcoming semiquincentennial and Virginia’s role in the nation’s founding, rolls into Manassas Monday. The free traveling exhibit will be parked outside the Manassas Museum and open Monday through Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It then heads to W IMF more upbeat about US growth than just months ago, but outlook is dimmer than last year 10/14/2025 07:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and global economies will grow a bit more this year than previously forecast as the Trump administration's tariffs have so far proved less disruptive than expected, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday, though the agency also said the extensive duties still pose Wall Street veers upward after Trump softens his criticism of China 10/13/2025 05:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — And back up goes Wall Street. U.S. stocks rallied Monday after President Donald Trump said ” it will all be fine,” just days after he sent the market reeling by threatening much higher tariffs on China. The S&P 500 jumped 1.6% in its best day since May and recovered just o Wall Street tumbles to its worst day since April after Trump threatens more tariffs on China 10/10/2025 07:56pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A monthslong calm on Wall Street shattered Friday, and U.S. stocks tumbled after President Donald Trump threatened to crank tariffs much higher on China. The S&P 500 sank 2.7% in its worst day since April. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 878 points, or 1.9%, and the US stocks hit records after the briefest of stumbles as gold’s price keeps rising 10/08/2025 05:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street got back to rising on Wednesday, while the price of gold pushed further past $4,000 per ounce. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% a day after snapping a seven-day winning streak and set its latest all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged down by 1 point, or less DC’s shutdown hasn't stopped the stock market. Here’s what may 10/04/2025 06:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — If the U.S. government's latest shutdown can't stop the stock market, what can? Stock prices keep rising, even as the shutdown delays important economic reports that usually steer trading. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average set all-time highs Friday. It's not just B What if your soulmate isn't your best friend? Brett Goldstein asks the question in 'All of You' 09/25/2025 12:01am • Brett Goldstein might want to break your heart. Or at least give you a proper ugly cry. In the new film “All of You,”streaming on Apple TV+ Friday, audiences are presented with a sticky conundrum: What if your soulmate, and your best friend, were different people? Reactions might differ about th 'No Moore' says criticism of Maryland governor is about results. Moore, Democrats say it's rooted in race 09/23/2025 01:59pm • Maryland Gov. Wes Moore enjoys a lot of support among Democrats in the state, but among more conservative residents, it’s a different story. Complaints about increased taxes and fees have many Republican and right-leaning voters wishing for a Republican challenger who will limit Moore to one te No love for 'no zero' grading policy at Manassas town hall 09/16/2025 04:41pm • The Manassas City Public Schools grading scale was a hot-button issue at the School Board’s community town hall Sept. 11, with parents asking the board to reverse the division’s “no zero” policy. The School Board implemented a 50-100 grading scale and a no-zero policy in the 2021-22 school Waves of fake threats to colleges are putting students on edge and testing dispatchers 09/13/2025 12:11am • MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Around 50 college campuses across the country have been deluged in recent weeks with hoax calls about armed gunmen and other violence, laying bare the challenges of detecting fake threats quickly to prevent mass panic. Students at some schools spent hours hiding under desks,