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How Safe Are Budget Tracking Apps? 09/28/2020 12:00am • Budget tracking apps have been around for a while now, so the question of whether they're safe or not would seem to have been answered. "Of course, budget tracking apps are safe," you may be thinking. "If they weren't, there wouldn't be so many of them." In fact, many budget tracking apps are practi Q&A: How to handle technology issues with online school 09/26/2020 12:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Across the U.S., the pandemic has forced students to attend virtual school to prevent spread of the coronavirus. But the more we rely on technology, the bigger the consequences when gadgets or internet service let us down. Technology being technology, all sorts of things can go Loudoun County urges child involvement in preparing for emergencies 09/26/2020 02:45am • Loudoun County, Virginia, says that National Preparedness Month is an excellent time to teach your children what to do in an emergency. To start? Make an emergency supply kit together. The Department of Homeland Security's website, ready.gov, outlines how to involve your kids and teens at all Virginia lawmakers unveil new budget plans amid pandemic 09/25/2020 09:29pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia lawmakers have unveiled proposed budgets plans aimed at mitigating the effects of the coronavirus. The House of Delegates and the state Senate advanced their own spending plans out of committees with several new proposals Friday. That includes new funding for me 7 Consumer Staples Stocks to Buy Amid the Pandemic 09/25/2020 12:00am • A defensive strategy with consumer durablesWith continued market volatility, investors may be seeking more certainty in their portfolios. While consumer staples stocks tend to be added with defensive investing strategies in mind, this sector has been performing well during the pandemic. "We believe How to Find Hidden Retirement Money 09/25/2020 12:00am • Baby boomers have worked an average of 12 jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. During each job change, a retirement account can get lost in the shuffle. Some people lose track of a retirement plan and need to find a lost 401(k) later. "Life gets in the way. You move on and forget, Palantir's $22 Billion IPO; Tech Stocks Rebound 09/25/2020 12:00am • All three major U.S. stock indices finished higher on Friday, but even the day's solid gains weren't enough to stop the Dow Jones Industrial Average from logging its fourth straight week of losses. A sell-off in large-cap tech stocks has largely led markets lower in September, as the high-flying se Board to vote on return to school for some Charles Co. kids 09/24/2020 11:24am • The school board for Charles County, Maryland, public schools is looking into bringing some students back in November and will vote on the matter Oct. 13. In particular, students who need in-person teaching the most, if their parents approve. Special-education students, those without a web co Baltimore City Schools to lay off 450 employees, halt hiring 09/23/2020 07:04am • BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore City School officials say the system plans to lay off about 450 temporary employees and halt hiring as it tries to make up for a $21 million budget shortfall incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. News outlets report that the layoffs will affect full-time employees U.N. Program Connects Schools in Lebanon With Refugee Students 09/22/2020 12:00am • BEIRUT -- Around the world, COVID-19 has forced school shutdowns and left parents, teachers and students alike struggling with the sudden switch to online learning. But the transition has been particularly hard for communities with limited access to the internet and mobile devices. In Lebanon, for Amazon landlord JBG Smith lays foundation for National Landing 5G network 09/21/2020 12:15pm • JBG Smith Properties (NYSE: JBGS) has paid $25.3 million for licenses to use small parts of a new class of wireless spectrum to set up a 5G internet network in National Landing, home to Amazon.com Inc.'s second headquarters and Virginia Tech’s innovation campus. “We pursued ownership in spect 6 Famous Public Companies That Still Aren't Profitable 09/21/2020 12:00am • These familiar names still aren't profitable.When a company is private, it has a variety of options for accessing new funds via venture capital -- all without the scrutiny of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. When a company goes public, the sudden influx of capital from investors around t DC youth center helps at-risk teens turn their lives around 09/19/2020 07:38pm • A faith-based, nonprofit youth center is changing the lives of at-risk teenagers in the D.C. neighborhood of Anacostia. For more than 20 years, The House DC's staff has been working to help young people find the path to a successful future. The youth center occupies 3 buildings on 17th Street Trump, Biden absorb news of Ginsburg death on the fly 09/19/2020 01:16am • BEMIDJI, Minnesota (AP) — Minutes into yet another Donald Trump campaign rally, the world got word that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died. But no one told the president. No one passed him a note. No one whispered in his ear. And so Trump continued with his wide-ranging rally speech, seemingl DC Council committee hears stories of struggle for unemployment benefits 09/16/2020 06:19pm • D.C. residents detailed their hardships in fighting to get their unemployment benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic to a council committee Wednesday. Their stories were part of a public oversight hearing held by At-Large Council member Elissa Silverman, who chairs the Committee on Labor and Workf