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How to Rent an Apartment When You're in the U.S. on a Visa 10/18/2016 08:00pm • Finding a new apartment is often more complicated than renters may anticipate. With credit and background checks, employer verification and conversations with previous landlords, property managers and owners are diligent about ensuring your ability to pay rent throughout your lease. But if you're i Reagan, Dulles airports get their own magazine 10/18/2016 01:14pm • WASHINGTON — The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has produced its first issue of a new quarterly magazine called #FlyWashington, and it's not just a travel-related magazine. It keeps readers up to date on what's happening at the D.C. area's two airports. The airports authority has di Suspect in beer tossing at Orioles outfielder no longer employed 10/17/2016 08:04pm • TORONTO (AP) — The man suspected of throwing a beer can at Baltimore Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim during a playoff game in Toronto is no longer employed at the media company for which he worked. Ken Pagan was charged with mischief for allegedly throwing the can in the seventh inning of the A How to Create a Foolproof Withdrawal Plan for Retirement Assets 10/17/2016 08:00pm • When preparing for retirement, considering how you'll spend down your assets is just as important as how much you've saved. Surprisingly, 56 percent of workers don't have a distribution plan in place, according to a 2015 study from Pentegra Retirement Services. A clear-cut roadmap for drawing down 6 Social Security Changes Coming in 2017 10/17/2016 08:00pm • Social Security beneficiaries will receive a slight increase in their Social Security checks in 2017. There have also been several recent tweaks to the program that change how married couples can collect benefits. Here's a look at the new Social Security rules for 2017: A modest increase in payment US and allies struggle to undercut terrorists on social media 10/17/2016 04:41am • WASHINGTON — Western law enforcement agencies recognized long ago that they can't stop every terror attack. Instead, they’ve focused on preventing people from taking the online terrorist recruiter's bait that often leads to radicalization and attacks. But in recent years, according to a group Coping With Creepy Clown Scares and Other Threats 10/16/2016 08:00pm • At Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, between 500 and 1,000 students gathered on the lawn in front of Old Main, the university's stately administrative building, one night in early October after rumors on Twitter ricocheted through the student body that clowns had been sighted on 7 Things You Can Do With a My Social Security Account 10/16/2016 08:00pm • A my Social Security account allows you to review your contributions to the Social Security program. You can also get a personalized estimate of how much you will receive if you claim Social Security at various ages. Periodically reviewing your Social Security statement allows you to make sure your 4 Keys to Financial Security in Retirement 10/16/2016 08:00pm • It's easy to know how much we can spend when we're working: our take-home pay minus the bit that we're saving for a rainy day. But it's not so easy to figure out how much to spend in retirement. That depends on when you retire, how much money you have and your life expectancy. Other factors can als 5 Ways for Retirees to Save on Travel 10/13/2016 08:00pm • Traveling when you're young isn't always easy. If you have kids at home, your opportunities for travel may be limited to school breaks. And even then, school breaks are often monopolized by school sporting events and activities. When you work a full-time job, it can be hard to take a vacation, let What You Can Learn About Yourself After Taking a Pay Cut 10/13/2016 08:00pm • No one likes taking a pay cut. That feeling of working for less money than you were previously making can be upsetting and sometimes even demoralizing. You've worked hard to secure the paycheck you receive. Accepting a pay cut can create several changes in your life, with a definite impact on the w World Food Day Offers a Chance to Welcome Refugees Into Communities 10/13/2016 08:00pm • The Syrian civil war continues to highlight one of the most tragic dimensions of warfare: using food as a weapon. More than 80 percent of deliveries of food and humanitarian aid to Aleppo were blocked as of the end of September by Syrian forces, a practice that has become part of the tactics used by What Does the American Dream Mean for Millennials? 10/12/2016 08:00pm • When asked to define the American dream, Laura Judge has to take a minute to think. "I think of someone overcoming great obstacles," the 32-year-old resident of Lowell, Michigan, finally says. It's not a term she would use for herself or any of her friends, either. Rather than having to pull herself 6 Retirement Conversations Every Couple Needs to Have 10/12/2016 08:00pm • As you look forward to retirement, you probably have at least a general idea of how you hope your life will unfold in the years to come. You may have visualized where you want to live, where you hope to travel and when you would like to retire. You might have an assortment of bucket list items you' Secret Service aims to improve image 10/12/2016 07:41am • By JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) _ As President Barack Obama and hundreds of foreign dignitaries converged on New York for United Nations meetings last month, the U.S. Secret Service took to the internet to show off an all-hands-on-deck effort: helicopters, boats, surveillance p