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Holiday shopping for stargazers in 2020 11/25/2020 08:17am • Dear Santa, Even though COVID-19 is still with us as is the year we all want to forget, 2020, we can shop for Christmas and the holiday season. Once again it���s that time of year to shop for your fave stargazer. WTOP���s annual gifts for stargazers recommendations will help Santa provide goodies The Biggest IPOs Investors Are Looking Forward to in 2021 11/25/2020 12:00am • Upcoming IPOs can mean big profits for investors.With the pandemic hanging over the markets like a dark cloud, many initial public offerings were put on hold in 2020. As companies came to terms with the pandemic and investors bought into an incredible market turnaround, IPOs have roared back to life John Wall sort of responds to trade request rumors: 'No comment' 11/24/2020 07:07pm • Wall sort of responds to trade request rumors: 'No comment' originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonJohn Wall spoke to the media for the for the first time since his rumored trade request, prior to his "Thanksgiving Day Assist" food giveaway Tuesday evening.His response? "No comment," Want to return to the office after the pandemic? It���s complicated 11/23/2020 08:38am • A new study has found that a majority of Americans want to have the option to return to the office, especially younger employees, but not every day. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/shironosov) Millions of Americans have adapted to working from home, but when the pandemic passes and it is safe to retur Calvert County schools put hold on hybrid learning 11/20/2020 02:04pm • The Calvert County Board of Education voted Thursday to suspend hybrid instruction for students in pre-K through second grade, and not start it for students in grades three to five, because of concerns about the rise in coronavirus cases. Calvert County Public Schools will now have all-virtual le Virtual learning can work but requires time and professional training, experts say 11/20/2020 11:27am • While some parents are imploring school systems to return students to classrooms, experts argue that the sudden disruption to traditional schooling provides teachers a unique opportunity to educate in new ways. But it will require time, expansion of broadband internet and long-term investment in pro The Complete Berkshire Hathaway Portfolio 11/20/2020 12:00am • To invest like Warren Buffett, start with these stocks.Famed investor and Berkshire Hathaway (ticker: BRK.A, BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has become a living legend on Wall Street for his practical value investing style and his tremendously consistent track record throughout the decades. Generations of Should You Buy Target (TGT) Stock? 11/19/2020 12:00am • Target's (ticker: TGT) efforts to improve customer shopping to "adapt to rapidly evolving guest preferences" have ushered in new heights for the retailer. The company's "guest preference" initiative was essentially a euphemism for investing in its e-commerce operations to combat Amazon.com ( AMZN) Easiest passwords to crack: How to get hacked in 1, 2, 3 ��� 11/18/2020 07:01am • It doesn���t take a cryptologist to figure out that ���123��� isn���t exactly the hardest password to crack. Yet millions of people still use countless variations of it to lock up their digital-dependent lives, potentially exposing themselves to hackers. In fact, more than 2.5 million people this 8 Best 5G ETFs to Buy 11/18/2020 12:00am • Cash in on the digital revolution with these funds.When it comes to the megatrends that investors should watch in the coming years, the build-out of 5G -- or fifth generation technology -- telecommunications networks across the globe should be near the top of the list. After all, we've already seen Equinix further expands its big Ashburn data center campus 11/17/2020 11:40am • Much of the internet���s traffic runs through data centers in Virginia's Loudoun County, and one of the largest data center developers in the region has further expanded its big Ashburn campus. Redwood City, California-based Equinix just opened its 16th data center facility in Ashburn, the second For the love of the game: Tournament chess returns to Virginia, pandemic or not 11/13/2020 12:58pm • The socially distanced, mask-wearing field of competitors at the U.S. Class Championships, in Dulles, Virginia, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. (WTOP/Rick Massimo) When the COVID-19 pandemic began in the U.S., some of the earliest high-profile changes in American life came in the realm of sports: In q Nintendo is reviving Game & Watch, one of its oldest handhelds from the '80s 11/13/2020 07:14am • Nintendo is feeling nostalgic lately, and it's reviving a yet another '80s relic. The Game & Watch portable console, first introduced in 1980 and produced until 1991, was responsible for putting Nintendo on the map. It was a far cry from the Nintendo of today, which regularly puts out best-se New details emerge in 2011 disappearance of Va. woman Bethany Decker; boyfriend arraigned 11/12/2020 03:48pm • The former live-in boyfriend of 21-year-old Bethany Decker, who was last seen in her Ashburn, Virginia, apartment almost 10 years ago, has been arraigned on abduction charges. There are also new details of the case against Ronald Roldan, revealed in a recently filed charging document. He was extr Md. coalition forms to oppose veto override of digital tax bill 11/11/2020 08:33am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters��� free email subscription today. Marylanders for Tax Fairness, a coalition of businesses, advocacy groups and individuals, launched a campaign on Tuesday to oppose the Gener