Nvidia CEO turmoil, Mississippi Senate call, U.S. envoys in Moscow
Nvidia shares sink on a report its board may oust Jensen Huang, Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi's Senate race, U.S. envoys meet Putin after Abu Dhabi talks, a deadly Brooklyn building collapse, and an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital.
Nvidia shares fell more than 8% in after-hours trading Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker's board was preparing to remove CEO Jensen Huang. Reuters, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported the board met late Wednesday to decide his future; no decision has been announced. The reports follow allegations about Huang's personal relationships, including one with a businesswoman U.S. intelligence reportedly suspects of ties to Beijing. On Sunday the board announced an independent investigation into whether Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation and said it had no reason to believe company secrets or U.S. national security were compromised. Nvidia's after-hours slide weighed on U.S. stock futures.
The Associated Press called Mississippi's U.S. Senate race for Democrat Scott Colom on Wednesday after more than a week of counting absentee and provisional ballots. Colom had 49.2% to Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith's 48.7%, according to AP figures, the closest Senate race in the country. Hyde-Smith conceded in a video. Colom becomes Mississippi's first Democratic senator since 1989, and his win brings Democrats to 55 Senate seats. Alaska is the only Senate race still undecided.
Scott Colom says"I had the courage to believe in Mississippi." He said there were times he could not get donors to answer the phone.
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith says"While this is not the outcome we worked for or hoped for, I respect the decision of Mississippi voters." She wished Colom well.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin about U.S.-mediated talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations in Abu Dhabi. Those two days of talks, the first between the delegations in nine months, ended Wednesday with an agreement on a large prisoner exchange but no visible breakthrough toward ending the war. Kushner said he and Witkoff will then fly to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ukraine saysZelenskyy called the prisoner swap a "positive step"; Kyiv rejects ceding Russian-occupied territory for peace and wants assurance Moscow won't attack again.
Russia saysMoscow opposes European participation in the direct talks; Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said European statements show no desire to help move toward peace.
The U.S. saysKushner said one goal of the Moscow meeting is to bring Europeans into the talks.
A three-story mixed-use building in Brooklyn, New York, collapsed Wednesday afternoon into an adjacent construction site where workers were excavating. Five people have died: two deaths were announced Wednesday and three bodies were recovered early Thursday, the city fire department said. At least 17 people were hospitalized, four in critical condition. The cause is under investigation; the city Department of Buildings issued a full stop-work order at the site and is checking nearby buildings.
An Israeli airstrike hit the surgical wing of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, early Thursday. Gaza's Health Ministry said six people were killed, including a surgeon, and at least a dozen were wounded. Israel's military said it struck a Hamas commander and other militants who it said had turned the hospital complex into a headquarters; it did not provide evidence. The strike comes despite a U.S.-backed ceasefire that took effect in October 2025.
Israel's military saysIt targeted a senior Hamas militant and others who were using the hospital as a command center, and used precision munitions to limit harm to civilians.
Gaza's Health Ministry saysThe strike was a serious attack on the health system and a flagrant violation of international law.
