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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 How to Manage Old, Unpaid Student Loans 09/25/2018 08:00pm • Older borrowers owe a larger amount of student loan debt than they did a decade ago. In fact, nearly 40 percent of federal student loan borrowers age 65 and older are in default, according to a 2017 report released by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While a statute of limitations exists fo Don't Run Out of Money in Retirement 09/25/2018 08:00pm • Running out of money is one of the biggest fears people have after they retire. But there are lots of ways to prevent outliving your savings and put your mind at ease in the process. Here are seven suggestions to help you finance the rest of your life. Withdraw a modest amount from savings each yea The Pros and Cons of Online Banking in Retirement 09/24/2018 08:00pm • More Americans are accessing their bank accounts online instead of visiting brick-and-mortar locations. So, it makes sense that consumers are increasingly looking into online-only banks. It's possible to conduct most banking needs entirely online, and some online banks offer better perks than tradit Children Live What They Learn. It's Time for Us to Be Good Teachers. 09/24/2018 08:00pm • In 1954, an iconic poem was written by Dorothy Law Nolte. A family counselor and educator, she was an early voice in the changing patterns of parenting that would evolve over the latter half of the 20th century. Her work, "Children Live What They Learn," helped jump-start a more moderate set of ten