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Venmo vs. Paypal: How These Payment Apps Stack Up 09/16/2021 12:00am • When Rachel Damuth held a yard sale this year, she was surprised by how many people wanted to pay electronically. Fortunately, the Redford, Michigan, resident had a Venmo account. "I gave them my name to search," Damuth explains. Shoppers then sent money via the payment app for a cashless purchase. Third child tax credit payment set to go out to families 09/15/2021 07:11am • Millions of families will soon receive their third child tax credit payments, which are set to be distributed on September 15. Most parents will automatically receive the enhanced credits of up to $300 for each child up to age 6 and $250 for each one age 6 through 17. The Internal Revenue Service How criminals extort social media users for their handles 09/13/2021 07:34am • Online handles have become valuable status symbols — and some cybercriminals are going to frightening lengths to bully, harass and extort users into giving them up. Federal officials tell CBS News they are concerned about the rise in attempts to get innocent social media users to surrender thei Vulnerable Democrats push for local priorities in budget 09/13/2021 05:05am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne of Iowa was slow to get behind a $1 trillion infrastructure bill after the Senate passed it last month. It wasn't the price tag that tripped up the Democrat from a swing House district. It was that none of the money was targeted for a home state industr Heightened security at Frederick school after threat made against students 09/13/2021 04:54am • Police in the city of Frederick, Maryland, said charges are pending against a Monocacy Middle School student who threatened via social media to shoot other students. Officials said the threat was credible, but also found the middle school student did not have access to any means that would have a Sept. 11 at 20: WTOP looks back and forward 09/11/2021 04:57am • It’s impossible to forget the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the plane crashes at the World Trade Center, in New York; the Pentagon, and into a field outside of Shanksville, Pennsylvania — the scuttling of a hijacking that was likely headed for the Capitol. Whil 9/11 commission’s difficult birth shows the 1/6 panel fight isn’t new 09/10/2021 05:13am • Members of Congress, stunned along with the rest of the country by what happened on Sept. 11, 2001, gathered on the steps of the U.S. Capitol only hours after the unprecedented terror attacks. “Senators and House members, Democrats and Republicans, will stand shoulder to shoulder to fight this Before smartphones and social media: How WTOP covered Sept. 11, 2001 09/09/2021 04:14am • Reporters covering the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks told the world the who, what, where, when, how, while searching for the why — those basics haven't changed. But thinking back on how the WTOP news team and I covered the attack on the Pentagon, the ways we got the news, and got it to our audience, h Using Empathetic Practices May Ease Polarization in a Post-9/11 World 09/09/2021 12:00am • Much has changed in America since 9/11. Today, for example, pundits and scholars frequently bemoan the increasing polarization that is driving Americans apart. We are no longer disagreeing merely on policy issues. Instead, our partisan affiliations are morphing into broad identities that even inclu 4 Growth Stocks, 4 Value Stocks to Buy 09/09/2021 12:00am • Analysts recommend these growth and value stocks.For the first time in recent memory, value stocks are mostly keeping pace with growth stocks so far this year. Growth stocks have led the market charge for more than a decade, but value stock investors argue that elevated inflation levels and the pote 7 Top Virtual Reality Stocks to Watch in 2021 09/07/2021 12:00am • VR is the ultimate form of escapism, and tech is moving in this direction.The global virtual reality market is expected to more than triple over the next seven years, expanding from $21.83 billion to $69.6 billion by 2028. As a technology perennially on the horizon (sound familiar, fully autonomous How to fix your job so that you love it, in 3 steps 09/06/2021 04:20am • Editor's note: This essay is part of a column called The Wisdom Project, to which you can subscribe here. Our work-life balance has, to borrow a term we all learned in the 2020 Olympics, been feeling "the twisties" during the pandemic. So many of had to adapt to working from home, adjustments an The US and China can't get along — even if the planet's future is at stake 09/06/2021 03:15am • The deadly effects of climate change -- increasingly extreme, unpredictable weather that cities were never designed to withstand -- have never been so apparent. In July, the Chinese city of Zhengzhou was devastated by flooding that killed subway passengers and motorists unable to escape from unde How to Retire in Canada 09/01/2021 12:00am • If you're interested in heading north for retirement, it's important to think through the implications the decision can bring. "Many Americans assume that moving to Canada is easy and that there's a special pathway for Americans, since our two countries are so closely connected," says Cori Carl, au 10 Countries Hosting the Most Refugees 09/01/2021 12:00am • Countries Hosting the Most RefugeesDespite global movement restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, forced displacement of people soared to new levels in 2020, U.S. officials said earlier this year. The U.S. and NATO military withdrawal from Afghanistan put a spotlight on the dire humanitarian con