Evening Edition · Thu, Nov 12 · 6:57 p.m.

The Essential 10 · about 3 minutes

1. Updated

   Steve Witkoff said trilateral talks on Ukraine will include Europeans after meeting Vladimir Putin

   After meeting Vladimir Putin, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said a new round of trilateral talks on Ukraine had been agreed and Europeans would join the next meeting, state-run RIA Novosti reported. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later hailed progress after meeting U.S. envoys Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Ireland, including a prisoner-of-war exchange deal, Bloomberg reported.

   Reporting: Bloomberg, The Moscow Times

2. New

   Iran’s military said explosions hit four oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

   Iran’s military said Thursday that explosions hit four oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the vessels had ignored warnings and entered what it considers restricted areas of the strategic waterway. Reuters said it could not independently verify the Iranian account.

   Reporting: Reuters, Internazionale (with Reuters), UA News, The Business Times, Forth

3. New

   The ACS revised its guidance on PSA blood tests for prostate cancer screening

   The American Cancer Society updated its prostate cancer screening guideline Thursday, recommending a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test every two years for average-risk men ages 50 to 69. It recommends annual testing from ages 45 to 69 for Black men and non-Black men with a strong family history of prostate cancer.

   Reporting: The Hill, CBS News, ABC News, The Washington Post, urologytimes.com, ascopost.com, cancer.org

4. Updated

   A gunman who killed one person and injured four at a Washington gym is dead

   A gunman who killed one person and injured four others at VIDA Fitness in Washington’s Logan Circle on Thursday is dead, police said. The shooting prompted a standoff in an apartment above the gym; one of the injured was in critical condition, while the other three had injuries police described as non-life-threatening.

   Reporting: National Public Radio, The Guardian, advocate.com, elpasotimes.com, washingtonblade.com

5. New

   The Trump administration proposed narrowing SNAP eligibility for an estimated 6.3 million people

   The Trump administration has proposed tightening eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a change it estimates could make 6.3 million people ineligible. Announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture this week, the plan would limit broad-based categorical eligibility, a policy used by more than 40 states to expand access to food assistance.

   Reporting: United News of Bangladesh, grocerydive.com, record-bee.com, masslive.com, thefiscaltimes.com

6. New

   North Korean hackers stole over $400 million in cryptocurrency, the FBI said

   The FBI said Thursday that North Korean hackers stole more than $400 million in cryptocurrency over the past 18 months through a social-engineering scheme called “FaceStealer.” The FBI and Justice Department said they disrupted cloud-based infrastructure used in the scheme and identified and seized more than 900 webcam videos of victims worldwide.

   Reporting: Reuters, The Hill, The Record by Recorded Future, TradingView, thedefiant.io, theregister.com

7. Updated

   Nvidia appointed Harvey C. Jones chair and named Colette Kress interim CEO

   Nvidia’s board appointed longtime director Harvey C. Jones as its first chair and named Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress interim CEO after Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang resigned as president, CEO and director. The board is searching for a permanent chief executive and will consider internal and external candidates, the company said.

   Reporting: National Public Radio, Al Jazeera, Law Commentary, Eurasia Business News, Moneycontrol, soyacincau.com

8. New

   The CDC allowed a $29.2 million Texas HIV-prevention grant to expire

   The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has allowed a $29.2 million Texas HIV-prevention grant to expire, ending federal support for community organizations that provide testing and other services. The grant, awarded in 2021, expired Sept. 30, and affected organizations are seeking replacement funding or considering cuts to services, The Texas Tribune reported.

   Reporting: The Hill, Spectrum News, JournalArta, The Texas Tribune, saobserver.com

9. New

   SpaceX planned an AI supercomputing expansion exceeding $74 billion in Texas and Arizona

   SpaceX announced plans for more than $74 billion in two artificial-intelligence supercomputing campuses: a roughly $24 billion project near Starbase in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley and a roughly $50 billion campus in Cochise County, Arizona. The facilities are intended to support the company’s AI business.

   Reporting: Bloomberg, The Hill, The New York Times, Investor’s Business Daily, Quartz, trendingtopics.eu, the420.in, nextbigfuture.com

10. New

    Microsoft suffered an outage disrupting Outlook, Teams and other services

    Microsoft’s outage disrupted Outlook, Teams, Copilot and other Microsoft 365 services Thursday, causing connectivity problems in multiple regions. The company said unexpectedly unavailable servers strained its remaining infrastructure; it was working to restore service but gave no full-restoration time. Downdetector showed over 130,000 users reporting Outlook problems midday; reports across Microsoft apps had nearly halved by 4 p.m. Eastern.

    Reporting: The New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, BleepingComputer, KPRC 2 Click2Houston (with Associated Press), tbbwmag.com, turnto10.com, signalsaz.com