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What Financial Advisors Should Know About the Coronavirus Relief Bill 12/28/2020 12:00am • Financial advisors are ready for client questions after President Donald Trump on Sunday signed the $900 billion emergency coronavirus relief bill. Among other provisions, the legislation offers financial assistance for small businesses and individuals. It includes a temporary unemployment benefit 3 New Year's Resolutions for High School Students Who Are Learning Online 12/28/2020 12:00am • This year, due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, nearly all students across the U.S. engaged in some form of distance or remote learning. Some fared well with this sudden format change while others struggled to adapt. Since many schools are continuing with distance learning in 2021, students who ha Tips to make sure your holiday gift return process goes smoothly 12/27/2020 10:09pm • In the best of times, no one likes standing in line in order to return an item at a store like Target or Walmart. But in a pandemic, most people are looking to limit their time spent around other people. That being said, if you happened to get a holiday gift recently that you don't love, it would Medical scrub maker faces delays in mailing protective gear to frontline workers 12/27/2020 08:26pm • Because the pandemic has increased how many people are shopping online, a medical scrub supply company is reporting major delays in frontline workers getting their uniforms. Instead of waiting a day or two, some people buying scrubs are waiting up to three weeks for them to arrive. "Between th Manassas businesses work together to donate festive food for the holidays 12/26/2020 07:28pm • Some Virginians impacted by the coronavirus are getting special deliveries this holiday season. Cakes By Happy Eatery in Manassas has been preparing and donating food to local families in need every Thursday since March. "We have all of the basic ingredients here at the bakery and we have the WTOP's Mike Murillo puts COVID-19 at-home testing kit to the test 12/24/2020 09:09pm • WTOP's Mike Murillo demonstrates how to use an at-home COVID-19 testing kit. Last week, I decided I should be tested for the coronavirus, so I chose to try Pixel by LabCorp, a test you can take from home. To order it, I went to LabCorp’s website and answered a few questions. Once the websit Delivery men say they were abducted, robbed of packages in Maryland 12/24/2020 07:15pm • Two delivery men were reportedly car-jacked and abducted early Christmas Eve morning in Prince George's County, Maryland, according to state police. Maryland State Police said the pair were getting onto the Capital Beltway from Interstate 95 south in a yellow Freightliner truck, at around 5 a.m. Excedrin products recalled for exposed bottles, leaving risk for children 12/24/2020 02:49pm • Multiple versions of an over-the-counter drug were recalled Wednesday after failing to meet child-resistant packaging standards, leaving a potential risk for poisoning children. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said multiple Excedrin products by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) had holes in th DC-area music venues could see much-needed funding if relief bill becomes law 12/23/2020 05:48pm • (EDITOR'S NOTE: The article has been corrected and updated with the proper naming of the Small Business Administration.) The Save Our Stages Act has passed through Congress as part of the latest coronavirus relief package, giving some local music venues hope. The $15 billion of funding for ind Strategies for Gift Returns 12/23/2020 12:00am • This year has been the Super Bowl of returns, says Sender Shamiss, CEO of goTRG, a company that helps process returns for retailers. Normally, the flow of products back to businesses ebbs and flows throughout the year. However, he says, "This year, it just never stopped." With shipping companies al XL Stock Soars 86%; Elon Musk Holding Company? 12/23/2020 12:00am • Stocks mostly ticked higher on Wednesday, the last full day of trading before Wall Street phones it in early on Thursday for Christmas Eve, with exchanges closing at 1 p.m. Wednesday's economic data showed a 0.4% decline in consumer spending in November, the first drop in seven months and a somewha 6 Predictions for Banking in 2021 12/23/2020 12:00am • The coronavirus pandemic turned the world on its head, and some aspects of the way consumers conduct their financial lives will likely be changed forever. If there's any silver lining to it all, though, some of those changes will be positive as we head into the next year. From policy improvements t Top Gluten-Free Diet Meal Delivery Services 12/23/2020 12:00am • Gluten-Free Delivery Services: -- Sun Basket -- View Latest Deals >-- Freshly -- View Latest Deals >-- BistroMD -- View Latest Deals >-- Fresh n' Lean -- View Latest Deals >-- Green Chef -- View Latest Deals >-- Veestro -- View Latest Deals >-- Purple Carrot -- View Latest Deals Bowser names Contee new DC police chief 12/22/2020 11:40am • Newly named D.C. police Chief Robert Contee speaks at a news conference Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Courtesy D.C. Mayor's Office) D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser named police veteran Robert Contee as the District's new police chief Tuesday. She called it a "full circle" for Contee, a Washington native Federal spending package includes Metro funding, authorizes new DC museums 12/22/2020 09:08am • Metro is set to receive a much-needed tranche of federal funding and the Smithsonian will get two new museums thanks to the massive spending and Covid relief bill Congress passed late Monday night. Details of just how much funding the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority will receive isn’t