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8 Best-Performing Fidelity Funds for Retirement 01/18/2022 07:00pm • These are 2021's best Fidelity mutual funds by performance.Investing for retirement means playing the long game, whether you use an IRA, a Roth IRA or a 401(k) plan. But it can be helpful to understand why your portfolio moves the way it does over the shorter term, especially as you get closer to re Federal website for free COVID tests launches a day early 01/18/2022 01:06pm • The federal website where Americans can order free COVID-19 tests launched a day early, and now you can sign up to have the tests sent to your home. Though originally slated to start taking orders Wednesday, covidtests.gov had a surprise launch Tuesday. It directs visitors to special.usps.com/tes Everything You Need to Know About HECM Loans 01/17/2022 07:00pm • If you're not sure what a reverse mortgage is and what it does, you're not alone. Put simply, instead of making a monthly mortgage payment to a lender, with a reverse mortgage the lender makes payments to you. When you sell your home, you repay the loan. Reverse mortgages allow older homeowners to t Maryland 'Mocha Moms' share MLK Day celebrations, family traditions 01/17/2022 04:32am • How do you teach your children about the role Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. played in this country? One local mom says her family started traditions surrounding Martin Luther King Jr. Day when she was a child. Takisha Brown, a member of Mocha Moms, a support group for mothers of color, says she has What Is Nicotine Replacement Therapy? 01/16/2022 07:00pm • Saying that you're going to quit smoking is easy. What's harder is not lighting up over the long term and, ideally, forever. That's why smokers struggle with quitting. It takes an average of five to 15 times to quit smoking before most people are successful, according to health experts. Nicotine rep June trial date set for former aide to Maryland governor 01/15/2022 03:11pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A former top aide to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is scheduled to go on trial in June on charges of misconduct in office and illegally recording conversations. The Baltimore Sun reports that Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Stacy McCormack set Roy McGrath's trial for June 7 Proposed bill would abolish Virginia’s ABC liquor stores 01/13/2022 01:19pm • Virginia Del. Nick Freitas is on a mission to do away with state-run liquor stores. He filed a bill this week that calls for the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority (ABC) to get rid of “all real estate used as government stores.” The bill would also support eligible private busin Novavax COVID-19 vaccine gets South Korean approval 01/13/2022 10:51am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Novavax, still about two weeks away from formally filing for Food and Drug Administration approval for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S., has received approval for the vaccine’s use in South Korea. The South Korean Ministry of Food and Thomas Bryant's emotions ran high in long-awaited return to Wizards 01/12/2022 11:05pm • Bryant's emotions ran high in long-awaited return to Wizards originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonThomas Bryant tried his best not to smile. The fifth-year pro checked into the game at the start of the second quarter and jogged down the floor before he heard the in-house arena annou Maryland governor proposes $4.6 billion tax relief package 01/11/2022 07:30pm • Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is proposing a major tax relief package for the upcoming legislative session, but much of what the governor is supporting has stalled in the General Assembly in recent years. The Republican governor described his plan at a news conference Tuesday as the largest tax-relie Grocery Food Shopping Tips 01/11/2022 07:00pm • The supermarket used to be my home away from home. Until now. As a mom of three boys and as someone who loves to cook and bake, it seemed like I was in and out of stores on a daily basis. I'm one of those people that really enjoys going food shopping. I like to compare products side-by-side that are 7 High-Risk Stocks for Aggressive Investors 01/11/2022 07:00pm • These high-risk stocks seem worth the stretch if you're OK with volatility.The stock market as a whole continues to sit near its record highs. However, certain more speculative areas of the market have gotten shellacked. Special-purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, cloud software firms and crypt How to Choose the Best Financial Planning Software 01/11/2022 07:00pm • Financial planning isn't the pen-and-paper activity it used to be. Luckily for financial advisors, abacuses and crank-operated calculators are technologies of the past. But while modernization has made math easier, it's also made the art of long-term financial planning more complicated. Today's advi In 2022 Md. assembly session, county lobbying group will support efforts to protect local officials from harassment 01/11/2022 11:18am • The Maryland State House as seen from Main Street in Annapolis. (Maryland Matters/Danielle E. Gaines) This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. During the COVID-19 pandemic, so 10 of the best quotes from Washington's locker clean-out day 01/11/2022 08:50am • 10 of the best quotes from Washington's locker clean-out day originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonMost multi-hour Zoom calls are a mix between a drag and a total nightmare, but on Monday, the Washington media hung out in a Zoom room from 8 a.m. to well into the afternoon as more than 30