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Vance told
to shift focus
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has urged Vice President JD Vance to shift focus from the Iran war to tackling corruption and crime in Democratic-controlled areas. Vance led a short-lived truce in the conflict and has blamed the war for Republican losses in the midterm elections.
Trump in a Thursday social media post added, “We don’t need a deal with Iran. Those days have long since passed.”
Trump earlier this week said the military aspect of the war is effectively over and emphasized no need for further negotiations. Tensions in the region persist, with recent attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and conflicts involving Iranian-backed forces in Yemen.
Nvidia
moves on
(AP) -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has resigned, capping a spectacular downfall for a poster boy of the artificial intelligence boom.
His exit on Thursday followed reports of extramarital affairs, and it thrusts the chipmaker into an uncertain future. The resignation came after a dizzying series of headlines about Huang’s infidelity and ties to an alleged Chinese spy.
Huang’s departure sets off a scramble to find a permanent replacement to lead the multitrillion-dollar colossus that grew from obscurity to a perch between Apple and Microsoft at the top of the S&P index.
Five people
shot in DC
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The gunman suspected of killing a man at a busy Washington, D.C., gym during morning workouts before fleeing and shooting four more people has been identified as a medical doctor locked in a dispute with building management over mold and moisture problems in his penthouse.
Authorities say the gunman fatally shot himself inside an apartment where he’d been speaking by phone to police negotiators. Mayor Muriel Bowser says she’s “devastated” at the loss of life.
The shootings occurred Thursday morning in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House. A witness at the gym says people in its cardio area had to step over the dead victim’s body to get out.
Holscher wins
Kansas race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Democrat Cindy Holscher has been elected Kansas’ next governor. The state senator fended off Republican Ty Masterson to extend a massive wave of Democratic victories nationwide.
She’ll replace outgoing Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly in a victory that keeps the office in the party’s hands.
The political tailwinds that helped Holscher also pushed Adam Hamilton to become the first Democrat in Kansas to win a Senate race since 1932. Holscher promised to halt new data centers and overcame a flood of money that Republicans had poured behind Masterson.