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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in its largest-ever fraud case 04/12/2024 12:29am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced Thursday to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country's largest financial fraud case ever, state media Vietnam Net said. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat was formally c DC’s plans to redesign Connecticut Avenue won’t include bike lanes 04/11/2024 08:52pm • D.C.’s Department of Transportation isn’t moving forward with a project that would have installed bike lanes along a stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest. At a council hearing Thursday, DDOT acting director Sharon Kershbaum said changes to the busy road won’t include bike lanes. � Severe weather takes aim at parts of the Ohio Valley after battering the South 04/11/2024 08:45pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Powerful storms rumbled over parts of the U.S. Southeast on Thursday, prompting a few tornado warnings, causing flash flooding, and delaying the start of one of the world's biggest sporting events, in Georgia. The storm system, which has already been blamed for at least one death in What You Should Know About Co-Owning a House 04/11/2024 08:00pm • Home prices have increased at a staggering rate since the pandemic, leaving many wondering whether they can afford to own a home on their own. Between December 2019 and December 2023, national home prices increased 46.3%, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index. As a result, How to Improve Your Credit After Financial Trauma 04/11/2024 08:00pm • There are many ways that cause people to fall into financial hardship, such as an unexpected medical bill, a sudden job loss or a case of fraud. However, money problems can be caused by something more complex, such as financial trauma. Different from everyday short-term financial stressors, financia New York officials approve $780M soccer stadium for NYCFC to be built next to Mets' home 04/11/2024 06:08pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials approved a plan Thursday to build a 25,000-seat stadium for Major League Soccer’s New York City Football Club next to the New York Mets’ stadium, Citi Field. The $780 million soccer stadium, expected to open in 2027, will anchor a 23-acre (9-hectare) red Homebuyers’ quandary: to wait or not to wait for lower mortgage rates 04/11/2024 12:30pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for the possibility of lower mortgage rates? That question is confronting many home shoppers this spring homebuying season. Lower rates give home shoppers more financial breathing room, so holding out for a more attractive rate can make a big diff Amazon adds Andrew Ng, a leading voice in artificial intelligence, to its board of directors 04/11/2024 09:48am • Amazon is adding artificial intelligence visionary Andrew Ng to its board of directors, a move that comes amid intense AI competition among startups and big technology companies. The Seattle company said Thursday that Ng, a managing director at the Palo Alto, California-based AI Fund, will replace Things to do in the DC area: DC Beer and Wine Fests, Taylor Swift dance party ... and more! 04/11/2024 05:50am • For lovers of libations, there are two notable opportunities this weekend in the District for drinking from the best breweries and wineries with live music and other entertainment included. There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly round Kishida cracks jokes and invokes 'Star Trek' as he and Biden toast US-Japan alliance at state dinner 04/10/2024 10:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cracked jokes and invoked a touchstone of American culture as he quoted from “Star Trek” at Wednesday's state dinner, telling guests at the White House that he hoped the “unshakable relationship” between his country and the U.S. would Storms bring floods and damaging wind across the South; 1 dead in Mississippi 04/10/2024 08:10pm • SLIDELL, La. (AP) — Severe storms blamed for a death in Mississippi spawned a tornado that demolished buildings in one Louisiana city Wednesday while inundating streets in low-lying New Orleans with hours of steady rain that snarled traffic and strained the city’s antiquated drainage system. Sev The Latest | Israeli strike kills 3 sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh 04/10/2024 04:42pm • An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, according to Israel's army and the militant group's official media, with Haniyeh accusing Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” The Israeli military confirmed it carried out the attack Wednesday, sa Internet providers must now be more transparent about fees, pricing, FCC says 04/10/2024 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Much like nutritional labels on food products, “broadband labels” for internet packages will soon tell you just what is going into the pricing of your service, thanks to new rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission this week. “If you’ve ever shopped for home o Masters a reunion of the world's best players. But the numbers are shrinking 04/10/2024 03:41pm • AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — More than golf's first major championship of the year, the Masters represents unification. This is the first time since July at the British Open the best players regardless of their tours compete against each other — same course, same tournament, same television network. “I Potomac Yard was supposed to be a sports fan's paradise. Now a rental car company wants to put up a parking lot 04/10/2024 02:30pm • In the weeks since plans to bring the Wizards and Capitals to a new entertainment district in Alexandria’s Potomac Yard neighborhood fell apart, a rental car company has made an offer to turn the Northern Virginia property into a parking lot. Such proposals, Councilman Canek Aguirre said, are f