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PayPal reaches out to minority-owned businesses 09/20/2020 10:00pm • "PayPal has been amazing." PayPal is helping a wide array of small businesses that are dealing with challenges during the pandemic, including minority-owned firms that are often under-served by financial institutions. The company has for years provided a financial lifeline to many of these How a Hong Kong teenager's death became a magnet for conspiracies 09/19/2020 07:45pm • The crowd recoiled as tear gas canisters rained down on them and riot police advanced up the street, carrying shields and batons. It was August 10, 2019. Protesters had gathered outside a police station on Nathan Road, a busy shopping street in Hong Kong that had become the latest battleground in Poll finds majority of holiday shoppers plan to buy most gifts online this year 09/17/2020 12:25pm • Online shopping has become more popular in recent years, but with the coronavirus pandemic, a recent poll finds a majority of shoppers are planning on buying most, if not all, of their holiday gifts online. A new CreditCards.com survey shows more than two out of three of holiday shoppers — 71% Pr. George's Co. lets indoor pools, banquet halls reopen and some youth sports resume 09/17/2020 05:55am • Indoor pools, meeting rooms, tanning salons and vape shops can reopen with capacity limits, and some youth sports can begin in small groups as Maryland's Prince George's County announces additional Phase Two coronavirus reopening guidelines. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks sa National Portrait Gallery reopens Friday with 2 new exhibits 09/17/2020 12:19am • toggle audio on and off change volume 4 Smithsonian museums to reopen in DC with conditions 09/14/2020 03:18pm • FILE — This Sept. 14, 2016, photo, shows the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, before the museum opened. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Four Smithsonian museums in D.C. will reopen to the public on Friday for the first time since closing due t Is the great COVID-19 airplane seat overhaul happening? 09/14/2020 06:35am • Plexiglass dividers between passengers, new staggered row layouts, zig-zag seating, space-age transparent bubbles around travelers' heads -- just as new divider screens popped up in shops and restaurants around the world in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, so came a wide variety of new concepts fo Craving sugar during a pandemic? Here's how to tame your sweet tooth 09/14/2020 04:26am • Cakes, cookies, pie. During a global pandemic or even more moderately stressful life circumstances, we often turn to comforting sugary and carb-rich indulgences that may help to calm us down. Now for the bad news. New recommendations that will inform soon-to-be-released U.S. dietary guidelines Review: Hulu's 'Woke' blends social commentary with high-concept humor 09/11/2020 12:25am • Over the past few years, the term “woke" has entered our lexicon to describe humanity's awakening to societal injustices that we previously took for granted. Now, it's the title and concept of the new Hulu sitcom "Woke," blending biting social commentary with a high-concept premise of magic DC Shorts presents virtual film festival 09/10/2020 12:20am • The D.C. Shorts International Film Festival has become such an annual tradition that even a global pandemic can't stop it from showcasing the world's best short films. The 17th annual event will be presented virtually this year from Sept. 10-23. "We're excited to have the festival, albeit Ellicott City furniture business puts in the labor 09/07/2020 05:50pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'cc834b23-86e9-482d-b77c-0faa3ef87d6d' }).render("882615369dbcf3e4");}); In a time when so many American businesse Car Review: Mitsubishi looks to make a bigger name for itself with the small Eclipse Cross crossover 09/07/2020 04:31am • While you may not have had Mitsubishi on your list of go-to cars and crossovers, the automaker has been busy updating its lineup. The small crossover class is gaining popularity, and the Eclipse Cross is Mitsubishi’s latest effort to gain buyers. The Eclipse Cross has a more updated and modern Hundreds rally in DC for continued access to vaping and other smoke-free alternatives 09/05/2020 08:58pm • The "We Vape, We Vote" movement descended on D.C. this weekend to ask for continued access to smoke-free alternatives to cigarettes. Dimitris Agrafiotis, executive director of the Tennessee Smoke-Free Association, traveled to the event to raise awareness. He said after trying gums and patches, v Jobs in these industries won't come back even after the pandemic is over 09/04/2020 09:50am • The pandemic has shaken up the US workforce. Between February and April, more than 22 million jobs were lost. Including the 1,371,000 gain in August reported this morning, only 48% of those were recovered since April. And unfortunately, the pace of the rapid jobs recovery will not be sustained. The Arlington neighborhoods rank among Virginia's best places to live in 2020 09/02/2020 06:48am • Niche.com has released its 2020 list of the best places to live in Virginia, and Arlington neighborhoods consistently among the best that the state has to offer. The annual list — which individually ranks the best localities to live in each state based on housing trends, crime, public schools,