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Shooting town hall: Rubio on the defensive on gun control 02/22/2018 07:59am • SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) ��� Republican Sen. Marco Rubio was put on the defensive by angry students, teachers and parents who are demanding stronger gun-control measures at a town hall after the shooting rampage that claimed 17 lives at a Florida high school. But Rubio, the lone Republican at CNN's Again the question: Could armed teachers stop shootings? 02/22/2018 05:40am • In the aftermath of yet another mass school shooting, President Donald Trump says that if one of the victims, a football coach, had been armed "he would have shot and that would have been the end of it." Revisiting an idea he raised in his campaign, Trump's comments in favor of allowing teachers More kids plagued with chronic stress: Why it���s happening, how to help 02/22/2018 01:42am • WASHINGTON ��� Kids these days are more stressed than ever. Recent studies show that adolescents and young adults are five-to-eight times more likely to report symptoms of anxiety and depression than kids who lived at the height of the Great Depression, said William Stixrud, clinical neurops Calls for more transparency in wake of DC schools chancellor's resignation 02/22/2018 12:09am • WASHINGTON ��� During an oversight hearing on Wednesday ��� one day after the D.C. Public Schools chancellor resigned ��� members of the D.C. Council Education Committee called for more transparency from the school system. Council member Robert White said students in school are told it���s not en Teaching Appreciation Over Apologies 02/21/2018 07:00pm • The other day, I was picking up a client from the waiting room and holding a cup of tea. As we were walking back to my office and casually chatting, I stumbled, spilling the tea on myself and the floor. The client had nothing to do with it but started to apologize -- about the spill, the stain on m Why Inflation Tops Retirement Concerns 02/21/2018 07:00pm • The inflation rate, before seasonal adjustment, was only 2.1 percent in 2017, but that was enough to stir anxiety among consumers. The Society of Actuaries issued its ninth biennial Risks and Process of Retirement Survey and found the level of concern about inflation jumped for both retirees and pr How to Maximize Your Savings Under the New Tax Law 02/21/2018 07:00pm • After much anticipation, the Internal Revenue Service in December announced revisions to the U.S. tax law, including some major changes for those filing individually. While these changes won't affect the way you file this tax season, you should be aware of a few notable adjustments to the law that 'Lethal violence protective order' could temporarily seize guns in Md. 02/21/2018 10:19am • WASHINGTON ��� Are regular protective orders enough when guns are in the picture? That is the question behind one Maryland delegate's bill which will be heard in the state house on March 1. Del. Geraldine Valentino-Smith, D-Prince George's, and her colleagues introduced House Bill 1302 in earl Evangelist Billy Graham, who reached millions, dies at 99 02/21/2018 09:41am • MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) ��� The Rev. Billy Graham, who transformed American religious life through his preaching and activism, becoming a counselor to presidents and the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, died Wednesday. He was 99. Graham, who long suffered from cancer, pneumonia and 7 common mistakes to avoid when naming your beneficiaries 02/21/2018 05:49am • WASHINGTON ��� As I was boarding a recent flight with my husband, I had a sudden pang: If something happened to us, was I sure that the beneficiaries we had designated to receive our assets were up-to-date? Were our assets titled correctly, and had anything changed since the last time we reviewed th Lights on, sound down: Md. high school makes musical for youth with autism 02/21/2018 01:38am • WASHINGTON ��� On a recent afternoon at Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland, a group of 40 or so teens rehearsed for the upcoming spring musical, ���Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat��� ��� but with a few adjustments to the script. The lights remained on, the vo DC schools chancellor Wilson resigns 02/20/2018 07:14pm • WASHINGTON ��� Antwan Wilson, the chancellor of the D.C. public school system, resigned on Tuesday in the wake of his announcement last week that he violated system policy by circumventing the lottery process to get a school transfer for his child. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced at a news con 5 Unusual, Money-Smart Ways to Spend Your Tax Refund 02/20/2018 07:00pm • Any cash windfall can be an instant temptation to spend, especially when it comes to tax refunds. Fortunately, many people treat their kickback from Uncle Sam like a forced savings account, using it to pay off a chunk of debt or beef up their emergency savings fund. In a survey from TaxSlayer, 43 pe 5 Fun Board Games and Card Games That Teach Money Concepts 02/20/2018 07:00pm • Most of us have great (or perhaps not-so-great) memories of playing board games as kids, with rainy days filled with long games of Monopoly or Risk. Many of us likely also have some experience playing some less-than-fun "educational" games with our parents or a well-meaning relative. Since those day Number of DC Council members to call for school chief Wilson���s resignation grows 02/20/2018 01:44pm • WASHINGTON ��� Two more members of the D.C. Council have called for the leader of the public school system to resign, bringing the total to seven ��� a majority. Kenyan McDuffie, D-Ward 5, and Brianne Nadeau, D-Ward 1, on Tuesday called for Chancellor Antwan Wilson to resign after Wilson announce