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8 rules for managing your 401(k) in a recession 09/02/2019 11:30am • How will a recession affect your 401(k)? When recession talk heats up, financial questions abound. One of the most common centers on how to protect your 401(k) from a stock market crash. While a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis isn't likely, how the economy will be shaped by trade wars and int When your elderly parents move in with you 09/02/2019 10:25am • Moving elderly parents into your home can bring daunting challenges and unexpected closeness. Over the past 20 years, parents living with their adult children has become increasingly common. Among adults living in someone else's household, 14% were the parent of the household head in 2017, up fro Gas explosion destroys office building in Columbia 08/25/2019 11:30am • A gas explosion at a shopping center in Columbia, Maryland, caused the front of an office building to collapse on Sunday morning and shook homes and businesses many miles away. Howard County Fire and Rescue reported the explosion just before 8 a.m. in the 8800 block of Stanford Boulevard at the L Why vacation loans can be a bad idea 08/22/2019 08:00pm • A loan may seem like your ticket to a dream vacation when you lack the cash to cover the hefty price tag upfront. A vacation loan is simply another name for a personal loan you use for travel. But looks can be deceiving. That vacation loan you use to finance your seven-day Caribbean cruise cou Back to school in Loudoun Co. means 2 new schools 08/22/2019 04:04am • It's back to school in one of Northern Virginia's largest and fastest-growing school systems. And some of the thousands of students returning to classes Wednesday in Loudoun County, Virginia, will be streaming through the doors of brand-new schools. A new high school and a new elementary schoo 8,000 Maryland drivers could lose licenses during next traffic stop 08/15/2019 09:59pm • As Maryland works to meet a 2020 deadline to comply with the federal Real ID law, the state has recalled the licenses of 8,000 people. For those people, being pulled over for any reason could now lead to their licenses being confiscated. “Those customers have received at least six notices,†Today in History: Aug. 14 08/14/2019 12:00am • Today is Wednesday, Aug. 14, the 226th day of 2019. There are 139 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On August 14, 1945, President Harry S. Truman announced that Imperial Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II. On this date: In 1900, international fo Spot the scam: Watch out for calls pretending to be from Social Security Administration 08/13/2019 07:01pm • The Social Security Administration has been receiving reports about scammers pretending to be employees of the agency. Here's how to recognize these fake calls and how to prevent being scammed. The automated call goes something like this: "The reason of this call is to inform you that your Social Federal disaster-relief loans available in DC area after July floods 08/13/2019 03:30pm • The flooding that swept through the D.C. area on July 8 left so much damage that the federal government is offering low-interest disaster relief loans. Homeowners, renters and businesses can apply for help and seek county services at one of three recovery centers across the region. Businesses of Manassas City Council appoints interim member 08/13/2019 08:01am • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. The Manassas City Council voted unanimously Monday to appoint Ralph Smith as an interim council member to replace Vice Mayor Ken Elst Cummings' wife shares images of man suspected of breaking into Baltimore home 08/12/2019 09:03am • Maya Cummings, Rep. Elijah Cummings' wife and chair of the Maryland Democratic Party, has provided a first glimpse into security footage of a man allegedly breaking into their Baltimore home last month. Maya Cummings tweeted four screen captures from surveillance video on Saturday, in an effort t 2 Md. men accused of plotting scheme to steal $8 million from disaster fund 08/05/2019 06:57pm • Two Maryland men have been indicted for using stolen identities to apply for federal disaster aid, and cheating the Federal Emergency Management Agency out of at least $8 million. Odinaka Ekeocha, of Laurel, and John Irogho, of Upper Marlboro, face charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering Data Doctors: How to keep scammers from spoofing your Facebook profile 08/02/2019 05:23am • Q: How can I keep scammers from sending a duplicate friend request to all my friends? A: Anyone that uses Facebook has likely received a friend request from someone that they already had a connection with. When these duplicate profiles appear, they aren’t because your account has been hacked Alexandria police warn of phone scammers posing as officers 07/30/2019 05:31pm • Police in Alexandria, Virginia, want you to know that they would never call you to ask for money. Scammers, they say, are posing as Alexandria officers — calling homes and asking for donations to the department. Residents started calling the department Monday, police Lt. Courtney Ballantine Woodbridge man pleads guilty to sex abuse of woman at DC hotel, helped his cousin do the same 07/26/2019 06:29pm • A man pleaded guilty Friday to sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman in 2016, and then helping his cousin do the same thing, prosecutors said. Omar Afzali, 29, of Woodbridge, Virginia, pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree sexual abuse: one for his own sexual assault, and one for aidin