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The 10 Best Cities for People With Disabilities 10/02/2017 08:00pm • Finding a place to live is often a difficult decision -- and when you have a disability, it's only more so. WalletHub's latest ranking, "2017's Best & Worst Cities for People with Disabilities," gives people with mobility limitations and/or intellectual disabilities guidance on disability-frien DC proposes free-of-charge credit freezes in wake of Equifax breach 10/02/2017 06:45pm • WASHINGTON — D.C. may join Maryland in a temporary suspension of fees for credit freezes at all credit reporting bureaus to help consumers protect against identity theft.  The data breach earlier this year at credit-rating bureau Equifax may have compromised personal information of more than 3 7 little-known financial benefits of divorce 10/02/2017 09:00am • From the cost of the lawyer to the loss of a spouse's income, divorce often comes at a high price. What's more, spouses may walk away from the proceedings with significantly fewer assets and retirement savings. That's not to mention the emotional toll of the process. "At the end of the day, divor 50 Little-Known Ways to Land a Cheaper Flight or Hotel 10/01/2017 08:00pm • Expert-backed tips, techniques and money-saving tools to help you secure a deal. As any seasoned traveler can attest, guidebooks, magazines and trip-planning websites are saturated with cost-saving strategies for landing enticing deals and discounts on hotel rooms and plane tickets. And while every 3 Things to Fix on Your Credit Report 09/28/2017 08:00pm • If you've ever received a phone call from a debt collector looking for someone else who owes money, thinking that person might be you, you may want to check your credit report and start looking for errors. There might be a number of innocuous reasons why a debt collector would call you for a debt th Washington College Road Trip: Gonzaga University 09/28/2017 08:00pm • Gonzaga University attracts students who want to make a difference in the world -- and enjoy a hefty dose of the Bulldogs' March Madness basketball . The mindset at this school overlooking the Spokane River in eastern Washington is centered around the Jesuit philosophy of educating the mind, body a South Korea's Claw Arcades Explode in Popularity 09/28/2017 08:00pm • SEOUL -- South Korean students Jang Jiyeon and Han Ji Young scurried through the crowded arcade in Hongdae, a bustling university district in Seoul. One claw machine in the array caught their attention. It was packed with stuffed Pikachu, the pointy eared yellow rodent from the Pokémon franchise. AU police still seek to ID suspect in Confederate flag postings 09/28/2017 07:01pm • WASHINGTON — The American University police are still trying to identify the suspect who hung Confederate flag posters, each with a stalk of cotton attached, on bulletin boards in four campus buildings Tuesday night. Tips are still coming in, but Phillip Morse, assistant vice president of unive 10 Essential Considerations for Deciding Where to Move in Retirement 09/27/2017 08:00pm • One of the greatest benefits that retirement provides is the opportunity to choose where you want to live. You no longer need to be concerned about living close to where you work. Instead, you can choose to live in a place that offers the climate and surroundings that will enable you to enjoy your r Trump Stokes Anxiety Among U.S. Citizen Kids of Undocumented Parents 09/27/2017 08:00pm • Katie Vincent was in a hallway at Hampstead Hill Academy, a Baltimore public charter school, when she heard the piercing, anguished cries reverberating from a nearby classroom. This wasn't one or two kids weeping or acting out. This was loud, hysterical, collective keening unlike anything she'd ever Here's Why a Credit Freeze Won't Protect Your Identity Completely 09/27/2017 08:00pm • U.S. consumers are still reeling from news of the massive data breach announced by Equifax in September. Some 143 million Americans were impacted in the hack, which exposed all sorts of personal information such as names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, and in some instances, dri "Don't be afraid!" Pope starts campaign to promote migrants 09/27/2017 03:28pm • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday launched a two-year education campaign about the plight of migrants to counteract mounting anti-immigrant sentiment in the U.S. and Europe, urging the world: "Don't be afraid!" Francis posed for selfies, shook hands, kissed babies and hugged migrant Living together after 50: Are you ignoring the biggest financial risks? 09/27/2017 09:12am • WASHINGTON — The fastest-growing age group for couples opting to live together, rather than getting married, is those over 50. Since disagreements about money are the number-one reason for divorce, we wanted to know whether cohabitating couples had discussed day-to-day money issues. Such issues Everything You Need to Know About Credit Scores 09/26/2017 08:00pm • If you had to choose whether to disclose your weight or your credit score to the world, which would you choose? If you're like 70 percent of Americans, you'd rather keep your credit score to yourself. It's no wonder -- the world of credit scores is confusing and fraught with misinformation. Sometime How 8 High School Seniors Got Accepted to College 09/26/2017 08:00pm • Learn From College-Bound StudentsTackling college applications, on top of classes, work, sports and extracurriculars, certainly raises the excitement level senior year. And then there's the suspense of waiting to get accepted and making a choice.For an inside look at the process, U.S. News visited F