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After a protracted battle, Washington State lawmakers voted Sunday to limit annual residential rent increases to no more than 10 percent, positioning the state to become the third in the country to adopt statewide rent regulations.What the Bill Does Among the key provisions of House Bill 1217:Annual rent increases would be capped at 7 percent plus the rate of inflation, or 10 percent in all — whichever is less.A flat annual increase of 5 percent would be applied to people who own homes in mobile home parks and rent the land on which they sit.Only lease renewals would be affected…

When is an Audi not an Audi? When it’s the AUDI E5 Sportback, of course.The new AUDI E5 Sportback is the first car from the company’s new China-only brand – or is that sub-brand? – that will exclusively market “new energy vehicles”, or cars with electric and plug-in hybrid drivetrains.The E5 rides on the new Advanced Digitized Platform developed in conjunction with SAIC, one of the Volkswagen Group’s two production partners in China and owner of the MG and LDV brands.Hundreds of new car deals are available through CarExpert right now. Get the experts on your side and score a…

Bangkok, Thailand – In the teeming metropolis that is central Bangkok, Methinee Phoovatis monitored a small computer screen, hoping to find signs of survivors. Surrounding Methinee, other members of Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) coordinated the dozens of rescue workers shuttling along a path that led to an enormous mound of debris. The rescue teams worked in shifts, searching for any indications of life under the hill of cement and steel that loomed over them. “We are just hoping for a miracle that some of the people are still alive,” Methinee, a plan and policy analyst in…

Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz reiterated the administration’s support for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday, saying they “couldn’t be prouder” of his early months in the role, despite a wave of high-profile controversies and resignations that have embroiled the department in recent weeks.Speaking to Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, Waltz was pressed about the alleged dysfunction inside the Pentagon’s top ranks— and whether, in his view, the current Pentagon is equipped to deliver on lofty foreign policy goals, including helping broker a negotiated settlement in Russia’s war in Ukraine.”Can you do this in what appears to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United Football League said Sunday it had launched an investigation into an incident between a fan and Michigan Panthers wide receiver Samson Nacua.Nacua, the brother of Los Angeles Rams star Puka Nacua, was seen on video in a heated confrontation on the sideline after a game against the St. Louis Battlehawks. Nacua is seen slapping the fan in the face and walking away. It’s unclear what was said to prompt the slap. Panthers’ Samson Nacua (Chris Day/The Commercial Appeal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)”The UFL is aware of the…

EXCLUSIVE: New York Attorney General Letitia James, who became President Donald Trump’s nemesis after accusing him of mortgage fraud, is now battling the very same allegations, and her chief tormentor is a legendary scam artist who says he knows a crook when he sees one.Sam Antar, who kept the books for his cousin, “Crazy Eddie” Antar, while he built a New York-area consumer electronics empire, helped his late relative skim cash and inflate the value of their company before leaving investors high and dry in the late 1980s. He says he knows every trick in the fraud book and smells…

Australian rookie Karl Vilips has again underlined his great potential as Americans Andrew Novak and Ben Griffin triumphed in the PGA Tour’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans teams event.Novak and Griffin secured maiden tour wins as they shot a final-round one-under-par 71 in alternate-shot play for a one-stroke victory at TPC Louisiana on Sunday, with Novak making quick amends for his playoff loss to Justin Thomas a week earlier.Danish twins Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard (68) came second with Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan III (70) third at 26 under.Already a tour winner at the Puerto Rico Open last month, 23-year-old…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.A mining start-up backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is expanding into the Democratic Republic of Congo, in a bet that the resource-rich nation will be crucial to US efforts to compete with China for minerals that are needed for the energy transition.KoBold Metals, which deploys artificial intelligence to identify untapped mineral deposits, was betting “big” on DR Congo, said Benjamin Katabuka, its newly appointed director-general in the country. The company would recruit staff in the country and planned to apply…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Justin Lafazan is the chief executive of Soulpower, a special-purpose acquisition company that launched on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month.In an S-1 filing ahead of its initial public offering, which raised $250mn, the group said:We currently intend to concentrate our efforts on identifying businesses operating within the category of insurance services, retirement savings, and other related financial services. While we may pursue a business combination outside of that industry, we believe our focus best combines the expertise and experience…

At first, no one found it suspicious that the black Audi SUV had gone around a portable barrier into a street packed with festivalgoers lining up at food trucks and checking out artisans’ wares.It was about 8 p.m. Saturday, and Apl.de.ap, a Filipino American rapper and a founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, had finished a concert that was the signature event of the Lapu Lapu Festival organized by the Filipino community in Vancouver, British Columbia.At first the large SUV crawled through the crowd, and Kris Pangilinan, who was selling clothing at a booth, assumed that it had been…