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See the Average College Tuition in 2021-2022 09/13/2021 12:00am • The average college tuition cost has increased in the 2021-2022 academic year over the prior year across both public and private schools, U.S. News data shows. A college's sticker price is the amount advertised as the full rate for tuition and fees before financial need, scholarships and other aid a Hundreds of volunteers at DC Convention Center pack meals for hungry to mark 9/11 09/11/2021 04:01pm • On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, hundreds of volunteers gathered in a cavernous hall of the D.C. convention center to honor the victims by taking part in community service. People from fraternities and sororities and community and business groups were among up to 700 volunteers workin Hummus maker CAVA to build a packaging facility in Virginia 09/10/2021 11:46am • D.C.-based Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA will invest $30 million in a new processing and packaging facility in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, near Staunton. (Courtesy CAVA) D.C.-based Mediterranean restaurant chain CAVA, whose hummus spreads, tzatziki, sauces and other products are carried Taco Bell wants you to send back your used sauce packets so it can reuse them 09/09/2021 08:10am • Taco Bell has a plan in place to recycle some of the 8 billion pounds of used sauce packets that go into US landfills every year. The fast food chain is rolling out a nationwide pilot program for customers to send used sauce packets back through the mail. The program, which was initially announce What federal help is still available with jobless benefits, eviction protections ending 09/09/2021 08:00am • Americans are no longer protected from evictions or receiving beefed-up unemployment payments, but they are still benefiting from many other federal coronavirus rescue measures. More support may be on the way, as Democrats on Capitol Hill hammer out a 10-year, $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation How to Make a Plant-Based Diet Complete 09/09/2021 12:00am • Plant-based diets are a way to support nutrition, the environment and animal health. But even if you reduce or phase out animal products from your plate in favor of vegetables, fruits and nuts, you might still be missing a key ingredient that makes plant-based diets complete: whole grains. Here are Federal unemployment ends in the DC region — how will you be impacted? 09/07/2021 06:54am • Federal unemployment benefits have ended for millions of Americans who have been hit hard by the pandemic, leaving many unsure what’s next. The federal unemployment payments of $300 a week that were extended under the American Rescue Plan stimulus package ended Monday for more than 7 million Am Labor shortage leaves union workers feeling more emboldened 09/06/2021 11:00am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — When negotiations failed to produce a new contract at a Volvo plant in Virginia this spring, its 2,900 workers went on strike. The company soon dangled what looked like a tempting offer — at least to the United Auto Workers local leaders who recommended it to their members Car Review: Ram 1500 TRX is a super truck with a supercharged V-8 and off-road chops 09/06/2021 04:04am •   If you are in the market for an extreme truck, here’s a whopper for you: The Ram 1500 TRX is the latest in a line of extreme pickups that would be happy racing in the desert or going deep off-road. The TRX trades in the usual Hemi V-8 you find under the hood of Ram 1500 for a superch Amazon expands Maryland, Virginia delivery station network for independent drivers 09/03/2021 08:45am • An Amazon delivery driver loads shipments into his van. (Courtesy Amazon) Amazon is opening two more delivery stations in Maryland, including one in Hanover and its first in Baltimore City, as well as its first in Fredericksburg, Virginia. It now has 15 delivery stations in Maryland, in addit 7 Infrastructure ETFs to Cash In on $1 Trillion Bill 09/03/2021 12:00am • The infrastructure bill enjoys widespread support.While the headlines around massive U.S. infrastructure spending packages continue to harp on the challenges of finalizing this landmark legislation, there is little doubt that much of the voting public strongly supports a bold move. Specifically, a r Suspicious package at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling deemed not a threat 09/02/2021 06:21pm • A suspicious package at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in D.C. prompted a lockdown on Thursday afternoon but was later determined not to be a threat. The Secret Service alerted Anacostia-Bolling to a suspicious package in its building on the base just after 11 a.m. Authorities then evacuated all Virginia and Virginia Tech: Common hopes and dreams for the commonwealth couple 09/02/2021 05:27am • Quick — how many states are there in the U.S.? You might say 50, but technically you’d be wrong. Virginia is one of four “commonwealths” (Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are the others) but the distinction is in name alone, although the term exudes something a little bit more spe Will Frosh seek a third term as AG? What happens if he doesn’t? 08/30/2021 12:52pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Political professionals in Maryland have focused intensely on the races for governor and — to a lesser extent — comptroller during the s Car Review: 2021 BMW X5 xDrive45e allows for 30 miles of electric motoring 08/30/2021 04:10am • Luxury SUV and crossovers are big business, and BMW has been making the popular X5 model for two decades now. There are models catering to the performance-minded buyers with turbo in-line 6 and big V-8 turbo power for those who need more punch than most sports cars pack. Now for 2021, there is a new