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Medicare Fall Open Enrollment: When It Is and How to Prepare 10/10/2024 08:00pm • Every fall, Medicare beneficiaries have an opportunity to adjust their selections for the coming year to ensure their health care needs will be met. It's important to review your selections annually because "Part D prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans can change their pricing and ben 5 ways a Donald Trump presidency could impact retirees 10/10/2024 08:00pm • Former President Donald Trump hopes voters will return him to the White House next year. If successful, the Republican presidential nominee could carry into office policies affecting retirees nationwide. "This country doesn't have an income problem," says Grant Cardone, equity fund manager and CE Pink Tax: What Does Price Discrimination Cost Women? 10/10/2024 08:00pm • The pink tax refers to gender-based price discrimination. Originally used to describe the sales taxes women pay for feminine hygiene products, the term has expanded. Now it refers to the practice of charging women more than men for consumer items and services that are essentially the same -- althoug 5 Ways to Build Passive Income Through Investing 10/10/2024 08:00pm • "Make money while you sleep." "Have your money make money for you." The slogans around passive income are tantalizing. But what's the truth behind this concept? Can people really secure and rely on trustworthy passive income sources, or is this alluring idea more hype than reality? There are a lot o Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema on 25 years of dining undercover 10/10/2024 07:55pm • For nearly 25 years, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema has been helping people in the D.C. region decide where they’ll dine out with his honest reviews. From lavish sit-down restaurants to hole-in-the-wall spots, he’s secretly reviewed hundreds of restaurants. “I was taking notes und Maryland candidates debate abortion rights in widely watched US Senate race 10/10/2024 05:33pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Democrat Angela Alsobrooks highlighted former Gov. Larry Hogan's actions in office as evidence he fell short on standing up for abortion rights as he now claims he would, while Hogan said she was mischaracterizing his position during a debate in a widely watched Senate rac Report alleges Larry Hogan approved millions for his firm's clients. The former Md. governor says he did nothing wrong 10/10/2024 05:28pm • The two candidates for Maryland's open U.S. Senate seat met for their first and only debate Thursday afternoon. Now, there is a new controversy in the race. WTOP has been reporting for weeks that Democrat Angela Alsobrooks was in a dispute over $47,000 in back property taxes for homes she owned i Donald Trump rolls out tax breaks, but no specifics, for overseas citizens and auto buyers 10/10/2024 05:07pm • DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump on Thursday rolled out more plans for tax breaks without offering details on how they would work or how they'd affect the federal budget. Trump vowed in a speech at the Detroit Economic Club to allow interest on car loans to be deducted from taxes, saying the proposal w After a 2-year investigation, South African president won't be charged over $580K hidden in a couch 10/10/2024 03:47pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa won't face criminal charges over a hidden cash scandal that was revealed more than two years ago and led to an investigation by a special police unit, prosecutors said Thursday. A former national security chief laid a criminal Harris faces new urgency to explain how her potential presidency would be different from Biden's 10/10/2024 03:07pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With less than four weeks until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is facing new urgency to define how her potential presidency would be different from that of President Joe Biden. Her struggle to present herself both as a candidate of change while demonstrating a loyalt MLB qualifying offer price rises to $21.05 million from $20,325,000 10/10/2024 03:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a qualifying offer for this year's major league free agents rose to $21.05 million from $20,325,000 last offseason, a $725,000 hike that represented a 3.6% increase. The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year. The price drop What to know about this year's Social Security cost-of-living adjustment 10/10/2024 01:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Tens of millions of older Americans will see an increase in benefits this January when a new cost-of-living adjustment is added to Social Security payments. The 2.5% raise is intended to help meet higher prices for food, fuel, and other goods and services. The average recipient wil Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living boost in 2025, smaller than in recent past 10/10/2024 11:14am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get a 2.5% cost-of-living increase to their monthly checks beginning in January, the Social Security Administration announced Thursday. The cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for retirees translates to an average increase of more than Hogan and Alsobrooks to meet for first and only debate in Maryland US Senate race 10/10/2024 04:53am • Republican Larry Hogan and Democrat Angela Alsobrooks will meet Thursday in the first and only debate in the closely watched U.S. Senate race in Maryland. It will be hosted by Maryland Public Television and will be moderated by Chuck Todd, chief political analyst for NBC News. Hogan and Alsobr Advocates in Georgia face barriers getting people who were formerly incarcerated to vote 10/10/2024 12:10am • ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time in over 10 years, Luci Harrell can vote in a presidential election. Around the time she graduated law school this year, Harrell completed two years of parole and became legally allowed to register. “It feels important to me...real and symbolic,” Harrell said.