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Are You Making These 4 Investing Mistakes? 10/22/2018 08:00pm • If you have already started creating your estate plan, congratulations on taking an important first step that too many Americans continue to avoid. As you've likely experienced, the process can be overwhelming, with many documents and decisions serving a variety of purposes from a will and trust, t How to Help Aging Parents Manage Portfolios 10/21/2018 08:00pm • Sooner or later everyone loses a step, and the results can be disastrous for older investors who choose overly risky holdings, forget to monitor their portfolio or fall prey to con artists. At some point their children may feel it's time step in with responses from the mild (making a few suggestion The New Face of Grandparenting 10/21/2018 08:00pm • Grandparents are in the news more than ever today. Some are caregivers, raising their grandkids, while others are separated or estranged from them. What's going on? Has the role of grandparents diminished, or is it needed now more than ever? Separated or Estranged In a recent survey by the Nationa Alexandria students, agencies aim to curb underage drinking with 'Sticker Shock' 10/20/2018 01:47pm • WASHINGTON �����Operation Sticker Shock is underway in Alexandria, Virginia. And it's probably not what you think. A group of students, many involved with the ROTC program at T.C. Williams High School, are teaming up with a number of Alexandria agencies working to curb underage drinking. With the Former DC schoolteacher sentenced to 11 years for sex abuse 10/19/2018 05:25pm • WASHINGTON ��� A former D.C. schoolteacher was sentenced Friday to 11 years and 10 months in prison after he admitted to sexually abusing four middle-school students. In court records prosecutors said Robert Leach ���skillfully wove a web of deceit which ensnarled children and adults alike.��� Wine of the Week: What pairs with pasta dishes 10/19/2018 05:12am • Over the last several years, our three children have migrated to the West Coast for education and careers, leaving dear old mom and dad home all alone, twiddling their thumbs while staring at each other across the kitchen table each night. Well, that���s not exactly true, but we don���t want to let How to Help Your College Freshman Avoid Depression 10/18/2018 08:00pm • Every fall, many college freshmen experience something they probably didn't anticipate when they went off to college: depression. The excitement and anticipation of this big event soon shifts to the day-to-day reality of life away from home, friends and the predictability of high school. For an inc 12th person sentenced in DC area heroin trafficking investigation 10/18/2018 04:19pm • WASHINGTON ��� An exhaustive police effort to dismantle two Alexandria, Va.-area heroin and fentanyl trafficking rings ended on Thursday, with the sentencing of its 12th and final defendant. Gregory Taylor, 44, of Fort Washington, Maryland has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. He plead guilty Md. superintendent hopes young children will increase pedestrian safety 10/18/2018 02:05pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. ��� As local and state officials consider what can be done to improve pedestrian safety, 10 days after four teenagers were hit by a car as they waited for a school bus on Georgia Avenue, the head of public schools says a proven technique is already being used. Superintendent Jack S More teen passengers die when drivers are other teens 10/18/2018 08:07am • WASHINGTON ��� When a teen driver has only teen passengers in the car, the fatality rate for all people involved in a crash goes up 51 percent, according to new research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. According to AAA, in 2016, teen drivers were involved in more than 1 million police From Injury to Opioid: the Unintended Side Effect of Youth Sports Participation 10/17/2018 08:00pm • Just a decade ago, it seemed that the "biggest deal" in youth sports drug-abuse news was high school athletes' use of performance-enhancing drugs, or PEDs for short. Article after article described the win-at-all-costs pressure experienced by young athletes who took PEDs because they thought they n The Upside of Fear 10/17/2018 08:00pm • Fear can be good for your well-being. What frightens you? Are you afraid of creepy clowns, vampires, werewolves, zombies, monsters, ghosts, goblins, witches and other Halloween creatures that go bump in the night? Or, if you're in recovery from alcohol misuse, are you fearful of attending a work-rel Social-Emotional Learning: a New Dimension of Education 10/17/2018 08:00pm • "Mason" was a high achiever and a dream student in any school. By grade 10, Mason, whose name has been changed to protect his privacy, was consistently on the honor roll and a top athlete. He was known to be driven, hardworking and responsible. So it was shocking to all who knew him when he was cau Mysterious paralyzing illness found among kids in 22 states, including Md. 10/17/2018 07:25am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states a How ABLE accounts support special-needs children and their families 10/17/2018 05:38am • WASHINGTON ��� One financial challenge that many families with special-needs children confront is funding the ever-growing expenses that their child may need over their lifetime. With additional costs of important medical and support care often reaching over $100,000 per year for a special-needs chi