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Taco Bell will start reusing hot sauce packets 04/20/2021 08:38am • Taco Bell's plastic sauce packets have a short life. After all, what else are you supposed to do with them after they're squeezed to death? That's soon changing: The fast food chain is partnering with recycling company TerraCycle to give its packets a "spicier second life that doesn't involve a l 10 Teen Jobs That Pay Well 04/20/2021 12:00am • Top jobs for teensTeens looking for work last summer may have had trouble finding a job. The July 2020 unemployment rate for those ages 16 to 24 was twice as high as it had been a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the situation looks better for 2021."The good news i Maryland man arrested with loaded gun at BWI airport 04/19/2021 09:37am • Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) caught a Baltimore County man with a 9mm handgun loaded with 10 bullets at the checkpoint Sunday. A Baltimore County, Maryland, man was arrested Sunday with a loaded 9mm ha Car Review: Nissan's 2021 Rogue sports new look, stresses value 04/19/2021 04:09am • The compact crossover is as popular as ever, moving into what used to be sedan territory. The Rogue has been a popular buy and has been overhauled for the fight this year. Nissan gave the 2021 Rogue a bold look with more squared styling than before. New LED lighting clusters stand out and highlight Prince George's Co. fraternity food giveaway still going strong 1 year later 04/17/2021 06:36pm • A fraternity in Prince George's County, Maryland, is celebrating one year of being able to hand out family food packages each week by doing what they do best: Giving out more food. When the local chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity first started a local food giveaway for families in Suitland DC Brau Brewing Company turns 10 (and was a DC first) 04/14/2021 10:15am • DC Brau owners Jeff Hancock, Marisela Rodela and Brandon Skall are pictured. (Courtesy DC Brau Brewing Company) DC Brau Brewing Co., the first packaging brewery to open inside D.C. since the Christian Heurich Brewery closed in 1956, marks its 10th anniversary this week. DC Brau tapped its ina 17 Beautiful Maldives Resorts to Visit 04/14/2021 12:00am • The Maldives -- an Indian Ocean archipelago consisting of more than 1,000 islands -- is known for shocking turquoise water, powder white sand and luxurious overwater bungalow hotels. Some Maldives islands are inhabited and used for tourism while many others remain untouched, but each island offers Defeating the Inequality Disease Must Become a Global Rallying Call 04/14/2021 12:00am • COVID-19 is making the global inequality crisis much worse. It's caused an estimated 120 million people worldwide to fall into extreme poverty. Since the pandemic began, billionaires' wealth has increased by $3.9 trillion while workers' combined earnings dropped by $3.7 trillion. The effects are sp 7 Cyclical Stocks to Buy Now 04/14/2021 12:00am • Vaccines and stimulus payments have boosted consumer confidence.Some stocks are more tied to the ebbs and flows of the economic cycle than others. These types of stocks have been coming back into favor in recent months as government stimulus checks have hit bank accounts and vaccines have been gaini Emotions raw in session’s final hours, but Md. lawmakers hail the finished product 04/13/2021 01:38pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For the third straight year, the Maryland General Assembly adjourned on Monday night without balloons or confetti — a nod to the serious n Md. climate bill dies as House and Senate fail to compromise 04/13/2021 05:40am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. An effort to reconcile the competing versions of major environmental legislation collapsed in the final hours of the General Assembly sessio Microplastics in our air 'spiral the globe' in a cycle of pollution, study finds 04/13/2021 12:10am • Tiny bits of plastic from your packaging and soda bottles could be traveling in the atmosphere across entire continents, carried by winds, a new study found. Most of our plastic waste gets buried in landfills, incinerated or recycled -- but up to 18% ends up in the environment. Since plastic isn' The Cost of Solar Panels -- and Are They Worth It? 04/13/2021 12:00am • You may be considering tapping into the sun's energy to power your home, but know that putting in solar panels can be a process that isn't the same for everyone. "Going solar is, for many reasons, a smart and admirable thing to do -- if it's the right fit and the right time for you," says Zak Elgar Caps, Wizards set dates for 1st home games with fans 04/12/2021 01:07pm • The company that runs the Washington Capitals and Washington Wizards has announced the first game for each team that will be held in front of fans. Monumental Sports and Entertainment said in a statement Monday that fans would be admitted to the Capital One Arena for the Wizards’ game against t Sine Die: Bills to watch on last day of Md.'s General Assembly 04/12/2021 10:42am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Monday’s final day of the 2021 General Assembly session is sure to be more socially distanced than most, but lawmakers are still likely