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11 ways to make your retirement more relaxing 10/04/2018 08:00pm • With no job to tie you down, retirement is meant to be a relaxing time. However, your newfound freedom and leisure time can quickly become stress-inducing if you spend too much time fretting about your finances. To better manage that anxiety, here are 11 clever strategies to take some of the fina 'I own everything': Leak suspect threatened to release senators' kids' private info, docs say 10/04/2018 07:30pm • WASHINGTON — The former Democratic senate staffer charged with releasing personal information about GOP senators during Brett Kavanaugh's hearing allegedly threatened to release more information -- this time, of those senators' children. A former coworker spotted Jackson Cosko, 27, in the Sena Va. election changes coming after 'fraud' in petitions circulated by GOP candidate's staffers 10/04/2018 09:45am • EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story stated the wrong day of the week. The State Board of Elections meets Tuesday. WASHINGTON — After a Virginia judge kicked an independent congressional candidate off the ballot due to apparent fraud driven by staffers for Republican Rep. Scott Taylo What College Students Need to Know About Credit Card Fraud 10/02/2018 08:00pm • Almost two-thirds of college students aren't concerned about falling victim to identity fraud, according to a 2015 report by Javelin Strategy & Research. At the same time, students experienced the most severe effects of fraud of any age group. It's not always possible to prevent credit card fra Amtrak IG: Safety, training, staffing and repairs are challenges 10/02/2018 12:25pm • Amtrak customer satisfaction. Click to enlarge. WASHINGTON — Recent Amtrak crashes and a push to operate more like a business demonstrate some key challenges for the rail service’s growth in the future, Amtrak’s inspector general’s office found. Over the next two years, a report ident Here's What Your Financial Advisor Can't (Or Shouldn't) Do 10/01/2018 08:00pm • Your financial advisor may be a wizard when it comes to helping you manage, invest and protect your money. But that doesn't mean his or her expertise is unlimited. There may be areas in which your advisor or financial planner doesn't have the subject matter knowledge or the legal qualifications to VOTER VOICES: Montgomery Co. voters sound off on Hogan, Jealous and the issues that matter to them 10/01/2018 04:17am • This story is part of the series, "Voter Voices." WTOP asked voters across Maryland what issues concerned them, and who would be getting their vote in the upcoming election for governor. Other chapters have included stops in Howard County, Baltimore City, Frederick County, and Prince George's A Dietitian Is Running for Congress 09/30/2018 08:00pm • For a woman who already has 17 letters after her name, you'd think Felicia Stoler would be satisfied to rest on her very significant laurels. But Stoler -- a registered dietitian with a master's degree in applied physiology and nutrition, and a doctorate in clinical nutrition -- hopes to add three m 5 Tips for Investors Nearing Retirement 09/30/2018 08:00pm • Sooner or later the retirement plan gets a kickoff time, but setting a date is just one of the final steps in changing from the accumulation phase to the distribution phase, when you start spending those hard-won assets. The final 12 months are critical to assuring retirement goes as desired, and ex GOP senators: Judiciary Committee to vote Friday on Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination 09/27/2018 08:18pm • WASHINGTON – Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Professor Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday. The focus was on Ford’s allegations that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teens. Watch the full testimony of both Ford and K How to Prepare for the Death of a Healthy Spouse 09/27/2018 08:00pm • Some things in life require planning, no matter how unpleasant the thought. Preparing for the death of your still-healthy spouse is one of them. Simply buying a life insurance policy isn't enough. You need to make sure that both you and your spouse are prepared for the legal, economic and psychologi How Canada Is Failing its Citizens 09/27/2018 08:00pm • By Dennis Raphae, Morris Komakech, Ryan Torrence and Toba Bryant In developed nations such as Canada, citizens might assume that governing authorities legitimately and competently act to provide them with economic and social security. Citizens provide information to government officials on the adve Are You Too Broke to Be a Parent? 09/26/2018 08:00pm • In the United States, fertility rates are declining. One of the key reasons young people are opting not to reproduce: Kids are too expensive. That conclusion comes from a survey conducted by Morning Consult for the New York Times, which found that, among respondents who had or expected to have fewe How to use an IRA giving strategy to increase tax benefits 09/26/2018 04:35am • WASHINGTON — Many of us give to charities not only out of a sense of helping our community or those in need, but also because it can be a powerful tax strategy. Normally, clients give cash or securities directly to their charities of choice, which results in an itemized deduction reported on Sc Illinois College Road Trip: University of Chicago 09/25/2018 08:00pm • Some 6,200 undergraduates attend the University of Chicago, located about 8 miles south of downtown in Hyde Park. Students have access to big city resources and activities, but the campus retains a residential feel. One of the most selective schools in the country, UChicago admitted about 7.3 percen