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Review: 'Afterlife of the Party' is high-concept comfort food on Netflix 09/03/2021 02:19pm • After the success of "Lady Bird," "Eighth Grade" and "CODA," the bar for coming-of-age stories is set high. But if you want some mindless comfort food with a high-concept fantasy premise where you can predict almost everything, "Afterlife of the Party" drops on Netflix this Friday. It follows Pilot program expands access to telehealth services in Maryland 08/26/2021 05:56pm • Maryland is experimenting with new ways to increase access to telehealth services in the hopes of removing barriers based on income, race, ethnicity and geographic location. The Department of Health is using $1.5 million in federal funding to pay for smartphones, tablets and high-speed internet a Ex-sheriff admits campaign finance violations, denies bribes 08/19/2021 08:51am • NORFOLK, Va. — A former Tidewater Virginia sheriff testified in his own defense Wednesday, admitting to violating campaign finance laws and getting loans and gifts from businessmen who had city jail contracts, but he denied taking bribes. Former Norfolk Sheriff Bob McCabe is accused of using hi Buying a fixer-upper? Who to follow and how to finance 08/16/2021 09:51am • America's housing stock is old and getting older, and more buyers, priced out of homes that are move-in perfect, are turning to fixer-uppers, which present a more affordable option. The average age of a house in the U.S. as of 2019 was 39, and 65% of American homes were built before 1989. A recen What happens to debt when you die? 08/12/2021 07:40am • As the old saying goes, you can't take it with you. That's not necessarily a bad thing. If there is a good place somewhere up there, who would want to take credit card debt and medical bills with them? Still, the question of what happens to debt when you die begs other questions: Who gets stuck w 7 things to consider before buying a vacation home 08/10/2021 09:20am • Once you're closing on the vacation home you've just bought, you may actually need a vacation. In other words, if you're pondering purchasing a vacation home, it's quite a process, and there's a lot to think about first. But if you ultimately decide to go for it, you aren't alone. According to th Trinity Washington University uses American Rescue Plan funds to pay down student debt 08/04/2021 04:16pm • Elizabeth Silva, left, and Annissa Young, right, who both had their Trinity student balances cleared. (Courtesy Trinity Washington University) Trinity Washington University announced that it has paid off $2.3 million in balances from over 500 undergraduate students of the university, in part usi 'It’s really scary': DC yoga studio says mask mandate could slow business 07/31/2021 07:16pm • Many small businesses across DC are reopening with cautious optimism, despite concerns about the national spike in COVID-19 cases. But now, with a new mask mandate reinstituted by Mayor Muriel Bowser in effect, many small businesses in the region said they're worried about the prolonged financial How the pandemic killed a record number of rural hospitals 07/31/2021 03:42pm • A couple dozen nurses stood together on the hospital lawn in rural Randolph County, Georgia. They wore black T-shirts that read "Patterson Hospital 1948-2020" over their hearts. The phrase "We Gave All" was written across a broken heart on their tired backs. Many had spent their entire careers at What people with 800+ credit scores have in common 07/26/2021 10:15am • Only about 1 in 6 American consumers has a FICO credit score of 800 or higher. A FICO score in the mid-700s is generally considered good enough for the best rates and terms from lenders, but those with 800+ scores do have some things in common. Obviously, they don't miss payments. LendingTree sai We asked, you answered: The best financial advice you ever got 07/26/2021 10:03am • Maybe you have a natural affinity for making and managing money. Or maybe you're just trying not to make a hash of it. Either way, someone at some point in your life likely dropped a pearl of wisdom in your lap that has made your financial life better than it would have been otherwise. We aske DC home prices hit another record high (but payments are cheaper) 07/26/2021 09:14am • The median price of a house, row house or condo that sold in D.C. in June was $700,000, the highest median selling price for the District on record. Long & Foster reports that is 13% more than a year ago, and, despite signs of slowing sales, the total number of homes that sold in the District 2020 Olympic profile: 'Swashbuckling surgeon' Kat Holmes goes for gold in Tokyo 07/22/2021 04:31am • Kat Holmes, dubbed here as "the Swashbuckling Surgeon" before the 2016 Olympics in Rio, has only done more to earn that moniker in the last five years. Holmes, 28, narrowly missed out on a medal in fencing — the U.S. Women’s Epee Team lost in overtime to finish fifth in Rio, and Holmes placed Baltimore-based Howard Bank to be acquired for $418M 07/14/2021 09:04am • Howard Bank will be acquired by the Pittsburgh-based FNB Corporation. Baltimore-based Howard Bank has agreed to be acquired by Pittsburgh-based FNB Corp., the holding company for First National Bank of Pennsylvania, for $418 million. Howard Bank, founded in 2004, has 13 branches in Baltimore, 3 Senate Democrats draft plan to end federal ban on marijuana 07/14/2021 05:30am • Three top Senate Democrats have a draft plan to end the federal ban on cannabis and implement a series of programs to help communities that have been harmed by the war on drugs, which have disproportionately tended to be communities of color. Senators Chuck Schumer, the majority leader; Ron Wyden