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How a sex scandal at Nvidia is putting pressure on the White House - Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself. 8 hrs ago - Business

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Pressure grows on Trump's Commerce Secretary Lutnick in fallout from Nvidia scandal -- Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months". -- Business

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What could El Niño mean for winter weather in the US and Canada? El Niño winters typically bring more rain in the southern USA and drier, warmer conditions further north but the impacts on snowfall are complex. 1 hr ago

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Two horses briefly board public bus in Detroit -- The city said it will provide additional training for bus drivers after CCTV footage revealed the moment the horses and their riders walk onto the bus.

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Microsoft outage 'stark reminder' of how much we rely on tech -- Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure. -- Technology

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Why midterm vote-counting is taking so long in America's largest state -- Alaskans are still waiting for the full results, including in the close Senate race between Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola.

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The polar vortex just broke a new record but experts aren't sure what it means for this winter's weather -- The polar vortex has reversed direction leading to the earliest sudden stratospheric warming on record. Will this bring an early taste of winter?

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Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang summoned to testify before Congress about affair with alleged Chinese spy -- Huang abruptly quit on Thursday as head of one of the world's most valuable companies after revelations of alleged extramarital affairs.

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US doctor kills building manager after long-running dispute over mould, police say -- Authorities say the shooting in Washington DC left four people injured, with the suspect dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Hegseth awards medal to war memorial guard who reprimanded him and group -- Specialist Thomas Iglesias had shouted at Hegseth's group to be quiet after they could be heard talking and laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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Watch: How a server outage took down Microsoft Teams and Outlook -- A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

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How could the Nvidia CEO's affair threaten US national security? -- BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China.

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'We just ran' - One killed, four injured in shooting near Washington DC gym -- The shooting began Thursday morning local time at a gym in an apartment building about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House.

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Why Democrat Scott Colom's win in Mississippi Senate race is so significant -- Colom's victory makes him the first black person from the state to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.

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Watch: Moment Hegseth's group reprimanded at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier -- Following a ceremony marking Veterans Day, a group that included Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth was shouted at to be quiet.

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Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi -- The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.

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The rise and fall of Jensen Huang - how the tech superstar became mired in scandal -- Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

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Who is Nvidia's interim CEO Colette Kress - and who could take over permanently? -- Chief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.

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Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi's first black senator since 19th Century -- In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points, Colom's victory extends a string of Democratic wins in the Senate.

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What we know about Brooklyn building collapse that killed eight people -- Two construction workers and two children were killed when a residential building fell into an adjacent construction site on Wednesday.

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Democratic Senate leader Schumer set to face leadership challenge -- Maryland Senator Van Hollen says "new leadership" is needed for Democrats following the party's recent midterm successes.

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Governments, courts, trains and hospitals hit by Microsoft outage in North America -- Some hospitals urged patients to call rather than email, bail bonds had to paid in person one sheriff's department warned, and some governments had to suspend certain operations.

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Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming -- Scott Colom is the first black man to sit in the Senate for Mississippi in 145 years.

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Divers explore recently scuttled SS United States in new video -- The ship was intentionally sunk off the coast of Florida in order to create the world's largest artificial ocean reef.

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'How does a building just fall?' Neighbours grieve after deadly Brooklyn building collapse -- The accident rattled the usually calm immigrant neighbourhood of Flatbush, New York. At least eight residents, including two children, died in the rubble.

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