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Is Credit Monitoring Worth It? 05/20/2018 08:00pm • Hackers are just itching for the next chance to steal a company's data and pounce on your most sensitive financial secrets. With this in mind, it would be comforting to know that someone has your back. Credit monitoring services promise to safeguard your personal information from such criminals. Typ How to Minimize Social Security Taxes 05/20/2018 08:00pm • Most workers pay into the Social Security program throughout their career. Many people also pay taxes on part of their Social Security payments in retirement. Here's how to reduce or avoid taxes on your Social Security benefit. Stay below the taxable thresholds. Social Security benefits become taxa Resurrection City: An overlooked protest of the 1960s turns 50 05/18/2018 03:07am • (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: '8b83accc-f4ac-4cdf-bde5-65fc4eb9bdaa' }).render("12615365f279e8b");}); WASHINGTON — Last Saturday, yellow tape How Living Longer Will Impact Your Retirement 05/17/2018 08:00pm • A 65-year-old can expect to live another 19 to 21 years, on average, according to the Social Security Administration. What's more, the government agency says a quarter of 65-year-olds will hit age 90, and one in 10 will live beyond age 95. Those numbers show a significant improvement in life expect Invest to Avoid Surprises in Retirement 05/17/2018 08:00pm • Life is full of surprises, some good and some bad. And while there is always room for pleasant surprises, there is never a good time for the unpleasant ones. In fact, one of the worst times for an unexpected surprise is later in life, in retirement. Years (lifetimes, really) are spent planning for 7 Steps to Pay off Debt in Retirement 05/16/2018 08:00pm • If you've entered retirement with a mortgage, credit card balance or car loan, it may seem tough to tackle the debt on a fixed income. The advantage you have is time: You can use free hours to improve your financial situation. Work up a plan and follow it to wipe out debt. Here are some steps you c Are you ready for 8,000 days in retirement? Part II 05/16/2018 04:00am • WASHINGTON — In our last article, we reviewed the work of the MIT AgeLab which suggests that many retirees will experience a longer and more complex retirement lifestyle than they expect. Their work introduces the notion that an average retirement today could last 8,000 days (nearly 22 years), 7 ETFs to Target Tech 05/15/2018 08:00pm • Many tech stocks are pushing ahead.Technology is undeniably one of the most dynamic sectors of the market. But within tech itself, many investors are sometimes surprised to see such a big difference in performance between companies. For every stock like cloud communications firm Twilio (ticker: TWLO Your Guide to Retirement Planning 05/15/2018 08:00pm • Getting ready for retirement requires consistent saving, prudent investing and successfully avoiding penalties and fees. You can build a nest egg faster if you take advantage of workplace retirement benefits and make optimum use of government programs, including Social Security and Medicare. Here's Severe-weather warnings issued as rough storms hit DC area 05/14/2018 10:15pm • WASHINGTON — Severe weather barreled through the D.C. area Monday evening, bringing strong winds, flooding and hail. Much of the area was under flash flood warnings as well as severe thunderstorm warnings and watches. Some areas also saw tornado warnings. Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Lauryn Ri What's Next for Nicaragua and Its Resilient Leader Daniel Ortega? 05/14/2018 08:00pm • Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega indicated over the weekend he is willing to discuss the demands of tens of thousands of protesters after a month of unrest across the Latin American nation, the second poorest in the hemisphere. But it's unclear whether there's anything the former revolutionary lea How Investors Use Twitter to Beef Up Returns 05/13/2018 08:00pm • Life happens on social media first. When North Korea fires a ballistic missile, Korean news agencies tweet about it. When President Donald Trump has a beef with Amazon.com (ticker: AMZN) -- or anyone, really -- he tweets about it. Social media is becoming "a place where decision-makers go to share Single Dads Have a Higher Mortality Rate Than Others: Ways to Stay Healthy 05/13/2018 08:00pm • Being a single father can be enormously challenging and stressful. It may also shorten your lifespan, a recent study published in The Lancet Public Health suggests. Researchers, who derived their study population from the Canadian Community Health Survey, tracked more than 40,000 parents for more th 10 Frequently Asked Social Security Benefit Questions 05/13/2018 08:00pm • The majority of American workers will eventually collect Social Security benefits. Those who understand how Social Security works may be able to qualify for bigger payments and avoid benefit reductions and withholdings. Here are the answers to some of the most frequently asked Social Security questi Md. man found guilty of possessing venomous snakes 05/13/2018 04:56am • WASHINGTON — He went by the moniker "VenomMan20" on social media and on Tuesday, the Washington County, Maryland, man was found guilty of possessing a number of venomous snakes. Last February, the Maryland Natural Resources police searched the apartment of 29-year-old Brandon Joseph Boyles, of