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7 International Dividend Stocks for Diversification 06/17/2021 12:00am • Reduce your geographic risk with international dividend stocks.When it comes to dividend stocks, many investors are inclined to look beyond the typical blue-chip stocks that are out there in order to tap into bigger yield. After all, right now, the S&P 500 index of the top U.S. corporations yiel 5 Best Infrastructure ETFs to Buy 06/16/2021 12:00am • A bipartisan infrastructure bill seems to finally be moving forward in the U.S. Senate, with early estimates in the ballpark of $1 trillion. This infrastructure spending isn't just for the usual suspects like roads and bridges -- as it includes digital initiatives and there are even some Democrats Advocates continue efforts to close vaccine gap for Latino communities in Md. 06/15/2021 05:46pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Last May, the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health started clinical trials to test vaccine candidates Best Stocks to Buy in 11 Different Sectors 06/15/2021 12:00am • These picks are among the best stocks in each sector.2021 has been a year marked by shifting investment themes. Investors have gone into special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, electric vehicle stocks, economic reopening plays, cryptocurrencies and more. That's all well and good, but this m 7 Best Part-Time, Work from Home Jobs 06/14/2021 12:00am • Work these part-time jobs from home.The COVID-19 pandemic made remote work standard for employees across the country. Now that people are heading back to the office, you may be wondering how you can keep working from home. The good news is that many employers seem to be embracing remote work as a pe Tracking Congressional Stock Trades: What Are Congress Members Trading? 06/14/2021 12:00am • The appearance of insider trading in the halls of Congress, brought to light by a "60 Minutes" expose in 2011, sparked a public outcry, resulting in the passage of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or the STOCK Act, in 2012. The law explicitly prohibits members of Congress from using The Impact of the Coronavirus on Legal Education 06/14/2021 12:00am • American law schools, typically traditionalist and resistant to change, have adapted with rare urgency to the continuing coronavirus pandemic. In the spring of 2020, most law schools -- like other educational institutions -- moved classes online, canceled campus activities and events, and restricte Muslim Deaths Fuel Debate in Canada on Hate Crime Laws 06/14/2021 12:00am • TORONTO -- The day after a young man slammed his pickup truck into five members of a Muslim family while they were out for a stroll in London, Ontario, police announced the victims had been targeted because of their faith. As news spread across the country about the deaths of the four relatives -- Data Doctors: Do I need a firewall? 06/11/2021 04:45pm • Q: What does a firewall do, and is it something I need to get? A: In the early days of the internet, we often connected through a dial-up modem or some other form of direct connection. When you connected in this way, your computer was assigned a public IP address, which meant that it was direc 9 Companies That Offer Unlimited Vacation Days 06/09/2021 12:00am • Unlimited time off: an emerging benefitWe all love time off -- the more, the better -- and after a year of canceled and suspended vacations due to the pandemic, an unlimited vacation policy at work sounds like a nice perk.However, a relatively small number of companies currently offer unlimited paid Task force makes more suggestions for Prince George's Co. pandemic recovery 06/08/2021 05:45pm • A task force formed in May has made several new suggestions for how Prince George’s County can best recover from the pandemic. Tuesday’s report, titled "A Redefined Future," is the third from the Prince George’s Forward task force, and its focus is on longer-term action. The task force’s T-Mobile works to give small businesses a boost 06/08/2021 10:57am • As the small business community slowly emerges from the coronavirus pandemic, T-Mobile has laid out a series of plans specifically designed to help business owners stay connected and reach more customers. "They are tailored to the different types of needs that small businesses have," said Ste Why the DC metro area is No. 1 for Internet speeds 06/07/2021 08:50am • HighSpeedInternet.com, which tests and reviews broadband service providers, recently conducted more than 1.7 million speed tests in the 100 largest American metro areas, and the D.C. area ranked first for fastest average speed. The average download speed in the D.C. area clocked in at 129.1 megab Candida Cleanse Diet: Does This Work -- and Is It Safe? 06/07/2021 12:00am • There's no shortage of anti-Candida, Candida cleanse or anti-yeast diet listings and information online offering ways to prevent or treat yeast infections. Many of those same diets also claim to relieve a wide range of symptoms related to gut health. Candida is a type of yeast that typically lives Why China's new three-child policy could worsen discrimination against women in the workplace 06/05/2021 10:00pm • When Janice Zhang went job hunting in March, at every interview the 33-year-old was asked the same question: Was she married yet? Zhang works in human resources in the Chinese city of Chengdu,sois familiar with the concerns her potential employers had in mind— because she's asked them herself.