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7 Best Vanguard Bond Funds to Buy 01/15/2024 07:00pm • Vanguard, a household name among investors, is renowned not just for its extensive lineup of low-cost, passively managed index funds offering stock exposure, but also for its robust presence in the fixed-income sector. Today, with expense ratios as low as 0.03%, or $3 annually in fees for a $10,000 How to Make After-Tax 401(k) Contributions 01/15/2024 07:00pm • A traditional 401(k) plan allows you to make tax-deferred contributions to the account. Your 401(k) plan might also allow for after-tax contributions, which enable you to save even more for retirement. However, there are restrictions and potential disadvantages to be aware of when it comes to contri 7 Best Monthly Dividend Stocks to Buy Now 01/15/2024 07:00pm • Dividends are payments -- usually cash but sometimes in the form of additional shares -- made by a publicly traded company to shareholders. Smart investors buy dividend stocks for several important reasons. Dividends allow investors to participate directly in the cash flow and earnings of companies How to Transform Your Bonus Room 01/15/2024 07:00pm • Most rooms in your home have a name and a designated function. If you're lucky, your home has extra space, typically called a bonus room, to repurpose and use as you wish. Bonus rooms give homeowners more square footage and flexibility to adapt the space that best suits their needs. If you're thinki Arlington property tax assessments are out; residential up, commercial down 01/15/2024 02:50pm • Arlington, Virginia, property tax assessments for 2024 are being mailed out this week, and most homeowners will see another increase. Commercial property values rose overall, though that segment was held back by falling assessments of existing office buildings, whose values are being dragged lowe Romanian truck drivers and farmers protest as talks with the government fail to reach an agreement 01/15/2024 02:45pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Truck drivers and farmers protested across Romania again on Monday as negotiations with the coalition government over lower taxes, higher subsidies and other demands failed to reach any agreements. Long convoys of trucks and tractors disrupted traffic on the outskirts of The world could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, anti-poverty group Oxfam says 01/15/2024 11:32am • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The world could have its first trillionaire within a decade, anti-poverty organization Oxfam International said Monday in its annual assessment of global inequalities timed to the gathering of political and business elites at the Swiss ski resort of Davos. Oxfam, which fo German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in a protest against fuel subsidy cuts 01/15/2024 10:02am • BERLIN (AP) — Farmers clogged Berlin streets with their tractors on Monday, honking their horns in protest at a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, the climax of a week of protests that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany’s government. Columns of tractors rolled into the c Falls Church company helps formerly incarcerated people find a job 01/15/2024 08:00am • Falls Church-based ViaPath, which uses tablet-based technology to provide vocational and educational training for people incarcerated in U.S. prisons, has taken its business one step further with a job placement company to help formerly incarcerated people get a job when they get out of prison. I Wildfire prevention and helping Maui recover from flames top the agenda for Hawaii lawmakers 01/14/2024 12:27am • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are due to convene this week for the first time since the burning of historic Lahaina awakened the state to the deadly and costly threat posed by wildfires in an age of climate change. The tragedy refocused the attention of lawmakers. Now, fighting and preventing w Maryland gets $15 million grant to install 58 new electric vehicle charging stations 01/13/2024 10:48am • Maryland is getting millions of dollars in federal money to ramp up the number of electric vehicle charging stations in the state. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said the state will use the $15 million from a federal grant to install 58 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations around the state, addin Germany's Scholz warns of extremists stoking rage as farmers protest and discontent is high 01/13/2024 06:12am • BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for calm and a readiness to accept compromises on Saturday as the country faces protests by farmers angry about a plan to cut their fuel subsidies. He warned of extremists stoking rage against a backdrop of wider discontent. Farmers have blocked m The US struggles to sway Israel on its treatment of Palestinians. Why Netanyahu is unlikely to yield 01/13/2024 12:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration keeps pressing Israel to reengage with Palestinians as partners once fighting in Gaza is over and support their eventual independence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps saying no. Even on actions to alleviate the suffering of Palestini In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis 01/13/2024 12:05am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into distant markets from Asia to Australia to Africa, but never before with such intensive street gang violence and a presidential declaration of a state of “internal armed conflict Hate the Virginia 'car tax'? A plan to get rid of it is 'dead on arrival,' state Democrats say 01/12/2024 08:40pm • A plan to get rid of Virginia's local tax on personal property, which is often referred to as the "car tax," will not go far in the General Assembly, according to Democratic leaders. "My opinion is: it's dead on arrival," said Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell, the majority leader in Virginia's Sena