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16 Best Apps for Buying and Selling Used Stuff 03/03/2024 07:00pm • If you're trying to clear out your closet or scrounge up some extra cash, you might consider selling used stuff to bring in additional income. From old gift cards to your wedding dress, there are marketplaces designed to sell all kinds of items. "When it comes to buying and selling pre-owned items, What Is a Gold Roth IRA? 02/28/2024 07:00pm • Investors often turn to a gold Roth IRA as a hedge against market volatility, economic uncertainty and inflation. A gold Roth IRA can be a strategic addition to a retirement portfolio, as it allows individuals to hold physical gold within a tax-advantaged structure. What Is a Gold Roth IRA?A gold R School voucher ideas expose deep GOP divisions in Tennessee Legislature 02/28/2024 06:38pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a supermajority grip over the Tennessee Statehouse, there are very few things Republicans can't push through even with the harshest of criticism and public opposition. Yet, after weeks of working behind closed doors on a sweeping school voucher plan that would give cov Biden acts to better protect Americans' personal data such as health records and finances 02/28/2024 03:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is signing an executive order aimed at better protecting Americans' personal data on everything from biometrics and health records to finances and geolocation from foreign adversaries like China and Russia. The move allows the Department of Justice and other How a WTOP reporter almost got swindled by a scammer over the phone 02/27/2024 08:11pm • Scam phone calls have become more prevalent and in some cases more convincing these days as thieves try to steal victims' money and personal or financial information. Montgomery County Police say among the most common scams are phone calls in which the caller impersonates law enforcement or a gov This week's cellphone outage makes it clear: In the United States, landlines are languishing 02/23/2024 11:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — When her cellphone's service went down this week because of an AT&T network outage, Bernice Hudson didn't panic. She just called the people she wanted to talk to the old-fashioned way — on her landline telephone, the kind she grew up with and refuses to get rid of even though DC recruiting firm accused of pretending to be visa sponsor shuts down, AG's office says 02/22/2024 09:03pm • A recruiting firm accused of charging high fees and falsely claiming to be an official visa sponsor has been shut down, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb said in a news release Thursday. Earl Francisco Lopez and the teacher recruitment companies he ran, including the Bilingual Teacher Exchange, The Fastest Way to Get Your Tax Refund in 2024 02/20/2024 07:00pm • The IRS finally made it through a backlog of tax returns caused by COVID 19-related delays. The agency had a backlog of about 17 million paper-filed Form 1040 tax returns at the close of the 2021 tax-filing season, but by the end of 2023 that backlog was virtually eliminated, according to the Nation What scams should you be looking out for this tax season? A local financial planner weighs in 02/18/2024 11:49pm • With the deadline for filing taxes fast approaching on April 15, a financial planner in Prince George's County, Maryland, is warning people about scams to look out for during tax season. For some, filing for taxes is a challenging and arduous process. One of the big issues is fraud. Around tax Hong Kong customs arrests 7 in a $1.8 billion money laundering case linked to transnational crime 02/16/2024 03:51am • HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong customs officials have arrested seven people linked to the territory's largest ever money laundering case, involving about 14 billion Hong Kong dollars ($1.8 billion) some of it linked to a scam case in India. The seven local residents, aged between 23 and 74, were part Medicare Grocery Allowance: What to Know 02/15/2024 07:00pm • If you feel like every time you go to the grocery store, you end up having to pay more money for less food, you're not alone. Recent inflation and supply chain pressures have pushed up the prices of many items at supermarkets around the country. These increases can be difficult for anyone to manage, How to keep yourself safe from romance scams this Valentine's Day 02/14/2024 04:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When Kate Kleinart fell victim of a romance scam, what hurt the most wasn't the thousands of dollars that she lost, but the love that she thought existed between her and the person who scammed her. “Losing the love was worse than losing the money,” said Kleinart, 70, who lost What to Know About Kids' Bank Accounts 02/13/2024 07:00pm • A savings account for youngsters can introduce them to the idea of putting money away and even help them learn about concepts like compound interest. They can deposit money from birthdays, holidays, chores, allowances and eventually part-time jobs. Banks and credit unions offer special accounts gear Is My Money Safe at the Bank? 02/12/2024 07:00pm • Living through the COVID-19 pandemic and still feeling its economic shock waves could make anyone feel unsteady. And perhaps that extends to whether you feel safe about keeping your money in a bank. But as we gain surer footing with a recovering economy, you should know that there is no safer place DC consumers were bilked out of $13M in 2023. Here's how scammers made their money 02/09/2024 03:27pm • Scammers were busy in 2023 — and consumers, including those in the nation's capital, paid the price. "Consumers in D.C. reported losing more than $13 million," said Federal Trade Commission spokesman Jay Mansfield. "That reflects almost 6,300 reports of fraud." The FTC's Consumer Sentinel Ne