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Deals, dialogue on the menu for DC’s Black Restaurant Week 10/31/2018 01:05am • WASHINGTON — Empty your bellies and block off your calendars: another restaurant week is here. Only this time around, the focus is not just on the food, but also the chefs and business owners behind it. Nov. 4 through 11 is DMV Black Restaurant Week — a seven day lineup of competitions, conve Santo Domingo: An Affordable Caribbean City for Retirement 10/30/2018 08:00pm • Santo Domingo is the oldest city in the Americans, with more than 500 years of history. It's also one of the region's most affordable places to live or retire well. Along the narrow cobblestone streets of the Colonial Zone, old men take siestas on street benches, women gossip, shouting to one anoth How to sell items online and make money in retirement 10/30/2018 08:00pm • If you want some extra cash in retirement, you may be thinking about putting household goods up for sale. Among boomers, 33 percent mentioned they plan to sell items they don't want anymore, according to a June 2018 survey from Finder.com. "Selling your stuff online -- from old cellphones you've acq 5 of the Best Stocks to Buy for November 10/30/2018 08:00pm • Most investors would probably love to forget October ever happened, move on with their lives and look to the future. With that in mind, U.S. News has put together five of the best stocks to buy for November. Since last month was such a bloodbath -- the S&P 500 fell 9 percent while the Nasdaq co A lot of what you buy online, you eat 10/30/2018 07:50am • WASHINGTON — People are spending more and more online, and what they are spending the most buying online might surprise you. “Food is what Americans are buying the most online,” Ted Rossman at CreditCards.com told WTOP. “We found that 26 percent of U.S. adults are buying groceries onli How to Handle Financial Conversations at the Thanksgiving Table 10/29/2018 08:00pm • For Americans, Thanksgiving is coming up very soon, and that often means a day spent with cousins, uncles, aunts, sisters, brothers and in-laws. With such a large mix of people, conversations can sometimes go in uncomfortable directions. One awkward topic that often comes up at family events is mone How to Review Your Medicare Plan's Prescription Coverage 10/29/2018 08:00pm • Signing up for Medicare can be a daunting task, but once you're in, your work isn't done yet. It's important to review your plan every year during open enrollment -- from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7 each year -- because rules and coverages change from one year to the next. This is true for your prescription Accessing Health Care in Rural America 10/29/2018 08:00pm • Life in rural America has its advantages, with some remote communities perched in arguably the most beautiful landscapes in the U.S., from Alaska's wild fringes and beneath Montana's big sky to northern Minnesota's lake country. But, where access to health care can be limited, living in less populou Best Last-Minute Halloween Sales for 2018 10/29/2018 08:00pm • In late October, you'll notice a clash-of-the-holidays vibe in your favorite stores' aisles. The spooky Halloween and fall harvest displays, still stocked with inflatable monsters, autumn wreaths, trick-or-treat candy and costumes, beckon last-minute shoppers. Meanwhile, in the next aisle, Christma Long-term care: Glossary of terms 10/29/2018 08:00pm • You've heard of nursing homes and assisted living, but perhaps less about elder co-housing, CCRCs or adult foster care. Here's a glossary of terms encompassing a range of long-term care options and identifying certain agencies and professionals who play a role in the long-term care arena. Adult D 3 Dividend Stocks to Buy in November 10/29/2018 08:00pm • Seconds after carving the turkey (or tofurkey, your pick) scores of money-savvy American consumers will cut to the chase known as Black Friday, then Cyber Monday, or for all we know Kitchen Appliance Wednesday, in the name of saving significant wads of cash. But with these pursuits come long lines 'That sense of evil': Beltway snipers police chief on pipe bomb mailings 10/29/2018 04:17am • WASHINGTON — The recent pipe bombs never exploded, but the damage was severe, according to retired police chief Charles Moose, who 16 years ago this week fronted the effort to capture two snipers who murdered 10 people in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. In October 2002, Mo The Money Etiquette of Fundraising 10/28/2018 08:00pm • With school in full swing and the holiday season piquing people's giving spirits, the end of the year sees fundraisers fall upon families of school-age children almost as abundantly as leaves from the trees. And in an election year like this one, political campaigning adds to requests for support -- Metro OKs sales of food, drink (and more) at stops, but it will take time 10/26/2018 04:45am • WASHINGTON — Metro just made it easier to sell food and drinks at stations and to place vending machines or shops on station platforms, but actually making that happen could still be a lengthy process. The Metro Board voted Thursday to allow the sale of food and drinks on Metro property anywher What You Need to Know About Pet Insurance 10/25/2018 08:00pm • Cats and dogs are often considered family members, which may explain why U.S. pet owners are increasingly investing in pet insurance. According to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association, pet owners spent more than $1 billion on pet insurance in 2017, insuring 2.1 million pets in the U