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Sunset in Hagerstown? City, team fight for minor league survival 12/05/2019 02:09am • The automated voice that greets you when you call the Hagerstown Suns' front office announces the club as ���your single-A affiliate of the World Champion Washington Nationals.��� This should be a time of celebration, considering 17 former Suns players and coaches were part of the Nats' incredible r How to gift stock and other financial gifts 12/04/2019 10:00am • There are two types of gifts in the world: the depreciating kind and the appreciating kind. Depreciating gifts begin losing value the day they're bought. Appreciating gifts, on the other hand, only grow in value with time, like good investments. Investments make some of the most impactful gifts. 2020 Click for Kids Rules 12/03/2019 05:12pm • Official Rules ���WTOP ���CLICK FOR KIDS��� 2020 SWEEPSTAKES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING 1. How to Enter: The entry period begins at 12:00:00 a.m. ET on February 10, 2020 through 5:00:00 p.m. ET on February 21, 2020 (���Sweepstakes Period���). To enter, US scores above average in reading and science, still lags in math 12/03/2019 03:04am • American students may not be reading any better, but they���re moving up in rankings of educational achievement worldwide because many of their peers in other countries are performing worse. And while their math performance may not be declining, 15-year-olds in the United States still lag the sco Buyer beware! These are the tricks online stores use to get you buying more stuff 11/29/2019 12:27pm • There's a reason you fall into the rabbit hole of online shopping. A new study breaks down a few wily ways digital retailers sucker shoppers into spending more and committing to hidden costs. Websites, it turns out, employ a series of "dark patterns" meant to mislead or Audit: 9-1-1 fee collection needs better oversight 11/28/2019 06:34am • A 9-1-1 emergency call center in Montgomery County. This article was written by WTOP���s news partners at��Maryland Matters��and republished with permission.��Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Despite Maryland���s complex system for assessing 9-1-1 fees, collect Report: Northern Virginia casino would bring 'positive' fiscal, economic impact 11/25/2019 11:00pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A new report found that legalizing casinos in Virginia would provide a modest economic boost in state tax revenues and to communities where casinos are located. And, a casino in Northern Virginia would generate additional positive fiscal and economic impact. The Virginia Ge Former Baltimore mayor enters guilty pleas in fraud case 11/21/2019 01:33pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore pleaded guilty Thursday to federal conspiracy and tax evasion charges in a case involving sales of her self-published children's books. Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty in federal court in Baltimore to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspir REAL ID documents: Common mistakes and how to avoid them 11/20/2019 05:53pm • Starting October 2020, Americans will need a REAL ID-compliant form of identification to get on a flight. (Courtesy AP/Gene J. Puskar) If you're getting on a plane to go see grandma for the holidays around this time next year, you'll need a driver's license that complies with the REAL ID require 'This is a tragedy': Former Baltimore mayor hit with federal charges in children's book scheme 11/20/2019 03:30pm • FILE ��� In this June 8, 2018 file photo, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) The disgraced former mayor of Baltimore, who resigned amid investigations into deals to sell her sel Prince William supervisors approve $19.2M pay increase plan 11/20/2019 07:51am • The Prince William Board of County Supervisors voted 7-1 Tuesday to approve a new system to classify its 3,600 employees and a new pay plan that will be implemented in two phases and will cost the county a total of $19.2 million during fiscal year 2020 and 2021, which starts July 1. (Courtesy Emily Four big spending assumptions in Warren's Medicare for All plan 11/19/2019 06:58am • Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that "Medicare for All" will not cost the middle class one penny more in taxes (Courtesy Joseph Prezioso/AFP/Getty Images)   Sen. Elizabeth Warren has promised that "Medicare for All" will not cost the middle class one penny more in taxes. That vow, Montgomery Co. gets residents donation refunds after misleading calls 11/18/2019 04:12pm • Some Montgomery County, Maryland, residents will be getting their money back after making donations to telemarketers who authorities say weren't being clear where the money was going. The county's Office of Consumer Protection announced a settlement Monday with a political action committee "engag NRA tax filing: Embattled CEO earned about $2 mil last year 11/15/2019 08:41pm • The National Rifle Association���s embattled top executive earned about $2 million last year at a time when the gun rights lobby is beating back challenges from regulators, longtime members and gun control groups, according to tax filings cited in media reports. The tax filings come as the NRA fa Immigrants, led by Jamaicans, slow Baltimore population loss 11/15/2019 12:52pm • St. Mary's Restaurant and Bar is known as one of Baltimore's best Jamaican restaurants. Jamaicans are the largest immigrant group in the city, where population loss is being slowed by growth in the immigrant community. (Courtesy Capital News Service/Ian Round) Ian Round, Correspondent BALTIMO