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Tips for Budgeting in College 06/28/2022 08:00pm • Even if you intend to take as few math courses as possible at a university, you really can't get away from it: Budgeting in college is like one of those math word problems come to life. If you're starting the next chapter of higher education soon, you'll want to start thinking about how you're going As Fixed Rates Rise, Should You Consider an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage? 06/28/2022 08:00pm • In response to rising mortgage rates, many of today's homebuyers have been turning to adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs. The share of ARM loans jumped from around 3% in early January to nearly 11% in May, levels that haven't been seen since 2008, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Adjus Boston's Museum of Fine Arts reaches labor deal with workers 06/28/2022 06:50pm • BOSTON (AP) — Employees at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts ratified their first labor deal Tuesday, becoming the latest prestigious art institution to protect workers with a union contract. The collective bargaining agreement is the first since museum workers voted to join the United Auto Workers L How the pandemic has affected buying a car 06/28/2022 12:48pm • This content is sponsored by PenFed Credit Union, federally insured by NCUA. The COVID-19 pandemic has forever changed so many parts of our lives – including the car-buying process and experience. However, the principles of car buying remain the same – even if the circumstances and habits Meet the Democratic candidates for Maryland governor: Peter Franchot 06/28/2022 05:02am • This interview is part of a series of interviews with the Democratic and Republican candidates for Maryland governor in 2022. In these interviews, WTOP asked all the candidates the same or similar questions on education, public safety and crime, jobs and the economy, and transportation. The Maryland Biden aims at China in new illegal fishing policy framework 06/27/2022 08:33pm • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Biden administration is stepping up efforts to combat illegal fishing by China, ordering federal agencies to better coordinate among themselves as well as with foreign partners in a bid to promote sustainable exploitation of the world's oceans. On Monday, the White Hous 7 Top Money Lessons From the Pandemic 06/27/2022 08:00pm • Life was turned upside down for practically everyone in March 2020. As states locked down in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the stock market plummeted, jobs were disrupted and income dried up for many families. "The pandemic was really a reality check for probably tens of millions of people," sa Why Employees Need Financial Wellness Benefits 06/27/2022 08:00pm • When it comes to financial benefits at work, employers typically provide a 401(k) retirement plan option -- and that's it. But economists and human resources experts alike suggest that expanding financial wellness benefits in the workplace could be a cost-effective way to quickly address the stagger About 2 million people are about to get a new student loan servicer. Here's what you need to know 06/27/2022 03:00pm • About 2 million federal student loan borrowers, many of whom are seeking debt relief from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, will get a new federal student loan servicer as soon as early July.FedLoan -- an arm of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency known as PHEAA -- is curr AP source: Gareth Bale signs with MLS leaders Los Angeles FC 06/25/2022 06:13pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles FC has reached a deal with Welsh forward Gareth Bale to move to Major League Soccer after his departure from Real Madrid, a person close to the deal told The Associated Press. The person spoke Saturday on condition of anonymity because the details of the 12-month dea Nottingham Forest signs Taiwo Awoniyi from Union Berlin 06/25/2022 05:49am • NOTTINGHAM, England (AP) — Nottingham Forest has signed forward Taiwo Awoniyi after paying a club-record transfer fee to Union Berlin, making the Nigerian its first international signing since returning to the Premier League. The 24-year-old Awoniyi signed a five-year contract after Forest paid th Former England great Wayne Rooney resigns as Derby manager 06/24/2022 08:14pm • DERBY, England (AP) — Wayne Rooney has resigned as Derby manager after 18 months in charge and on the same day the club appeared to have sorted out its financial difficulties. The Manchester United and England star joined the team in January 2020 as player-coach and ended that year in temporary ch Stocks rally, driving Wall Street to a rare winning week 06/24/2022 04:48pm • Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years and just its second winning week in the last 12 to provide a bit of relief from the market's brutal sell-off this year. The benchmark index rose 3.1%, with technology and banks leading the broad rally Al-Khelaïfi acquitted again, Valcke guilty in FIFA retrial 06/24/2022 11:07am • GENEVA (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser al-Khelaïfi was acquitted in Switzerland on Friday for a second time in a retrial of alleged wrongdoing linked to former FIFA secretary general Jérôme Valcke. Al-Khelaïfi was cleared again of a charge of incitement to commit aggravated crimina School Zone: How DC-area school systems work through substitute teacher shortages 06/24/2022 06:01am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP’s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. The state of substitute teaching across the DC region What it is: What can be done to increase the number of substitute teachers available to fill in on a given day? It’