Virginia Times published 31 stories on Thursday, November 12, 2026 — a day dominated by a shooting at a Logan Circle gym in Washington that unfolded across four updates, a Brooklyn building collapse whose toll climbed to eight, and Ukraine diplomacy running from Dublin to Kyiv. The day also brought a shock resignation at Nvidia, a Mississippi Senate flip, a House vote restoring full retirement pay to combat-injured veterans, and a string of Justice Department actions from a global drug sweep to a $1.2 billion crypto seizure.
In This Recap
- Indonesia’s Vice President Resigns Over Diploma Scandal
- Zelenskyy Says Starshield Speed Caps Are Hindering Ukraine’s Drone Interceptions
- Russian Drone Strike on Kyiv Apartment Block Kills One
- Trump Names Craig Trainor Acting Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division
- Zelenskyy Says Peace Progress Hinges on US Approach to Russia
- Colom Beats Hyde-Smith to Flip Mississippi Senate Seat
- VOA Director’s Removal Ruled Unlawful by Appeals Court
- Multiple People Shot in Active Shooting in Logan Circle
- Michael Carrick Sacked by Manchester United
- Trump Warns Mexico: Stop the Caravans or Tariffs Double
- Brooklyn Building Collapse Kills at Least 2, Injures 17
- Brooklyn Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to Eight
- One Killed, Five Shot at Logan Circle Gym; Suspect Barricaded in Same Building
- Alexandria Police Plan Increased School Presence After Online Threats
- Nordic Ministers Start Work on Joint Defense Agreement
- Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO; Colette Kress Named Interim CEO
- Logan Circle Suspect Dies After Shooting Himself During Barricade, Police Say
- UForce Raises $700 Million at $6 Billion Valuation
- Law Firm Employee Charged With Insider Trading in Five Companies
- Dan Hicks, NBC Sports Voice for 34 Years, Dies at 64
- House Passes Major Richard Star Act in 392-18 Vote
- Microsoft 365 Outage Hits Outlook Email for Thousands
- Police Identify Logan Circle Shooter as Matt Lambert; Man Killed Named as James Stuart
- Gootloader Malware Removed From Over 100 Servers, DOJ Says
- Waller Backs December Rate Hike, Puts 50 Points on Table
- Schumer Hits Back at Trump Over Corruption, Cites Stock Trades
- Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital Kills 6, Health Officials Say
- Trump Says He Wants to ‘Get Cuba Done’ Before Leaving
- Cisco Posts Record $18.5 Billion Quarter, Raises Outlook
- 354 Arrested in Global Dark Web Drug Sweep, DOJ Says
- North Korea Binance Hack: US Moves to Seize $1.2B in Crypto
1 Indonesia’s Vice President Resigns Over Diploma Scandal
Gibran Rakabuming Raka resigned as Indonesia's vice president on Thursday after the Supreme Court annulled his high school qualification. President Prabowo Subianto accepted the resignation and now has 14 days to submit two replacement names to parliament, setting up a closely watched pick that could reshape the governing alliance.
2 Zelenskyy Says Starshield Speed Caps Are Hindering Ukraine’s Drone Interceptions
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Starshield operations in Ukraine have faced days of disruptions, with systematic speed restrictions limiting the system to 161 km/h. Kyiv says the caps are complicating efforts to intercept Russian jet-powered drones.
3 Russian Drone Strike on Kyiv Apartment Block Kills One
A Russian drone struck a nine-story apartment building in Kyiv, killing one person and injuring seven. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the impact sparked a fire across four floors as emergency crews responded.
4 Trump Names Craig Trainor Acting Head of DOJ Civil Rights Division
President Trump has named Craig Trainor, HUD's fair housing chief and a former senior aide to Jim Jordan, as acting head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the move on X.
5 Zelenskyy Says Peace Progress Hinges on US Approach to Russia
Speaking in Dublin, Zelenskyy said Ukraine wants concrete results from the Russia talks before the end of the year, but that progress hinges on how the United States approaches Moscow. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner briefed him on their Moscow talks and were due to meet President Vladimir Putin.
6 Colom Beats Hyde-Smith to Flip Mississippi Senate Seat
Democrat Scott Colom beat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi, according to an Associated Press call on Wednesday evening. Colom is the first Democrat the state has elected to the Senate since 1982 and its first Black senator since Reconstruction.
7 VOA Director’s Removal Ruled Unlawful by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court upheld an injunction protecting Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz from removal without independent board approval. The ruling rejected the administration's constitutional challenge to the board's authority.
8 Multiple People Shot in Active Shooting in Logan Circle
Multiple people were shot Thursday morning near 15th and P Streets Northwest in Logan Circle, where police reported an active shooter at the VIDA Fitness gym. Police told people to avoid the area as the first reports came in — the opening dispatch in a story that developed through the day.
9 Michael Carrick Sacked by Manchester United
Manchester United dismissed Michael Carrick with the club 18th in the Premier League. Mauricio Pochettino has been linked with the vacancy, but no appointment has been confirmed.
10 Trump Warns Mexico: Stop the Caravans or Tariffs Double
President Donald Trump threatened to double tariffs on Mexico immediately if it does not stop migrant caravans he said are forming and marching through the country. The Truth Social post gave no caravan details and named no tariff rate.
11 Brooklyn Building Collapse Kills at Least 2, Injures 17
A three-story building in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood collapsed into a construction pit on Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and injuring at least 17. Firefighters searched the rubble into the night as officials began investigating the cause.
12 Brooklyn Building Collapse Death Toll Rises to Eight
The death toll from the Brooklyn collapse rose to at least eight, with 19 people injured, as rescue crews kept searching the rubble beside the construction site. City officials said they were investigating the cause and reviewing earlier violations at the neighboring project.
13 One Killed, Five Shot at Logan Circle Gym; Suspect Barricaded in Same Building
Five people were shot Thursday at and near the VIDA Fitness gym in Logan Circle, and one victim died, D.C. police said. The suspect barricaded himself in an apartment in the same building, setting up a standoff that lasted into the day.
14 Alexandria Police Plan Increased School Presence After Online Threats
Alexandria police are investigating threatening social media posts referencing Alexandria City High School. The department said it plans an increased police presence at its campuses as a precaution while working with school administrators and security staff.
15 Nordic Ministers Start Work on Joint Defense Agreement
Nordic defense ministers agreed in Oslo to begin developing a legal framework for closer military cooperation. Their statement also reaffirmed support for Ukraine and said the region remains on track to triple ammunition production capacity by 2030.
16 Jensen Huang Resigns as Nvidia CEO; Colette Kress Named Interim CEO
Jensen Huang has resigned as Nvidia's president, CEO and a board member after 33 years leading the chipmaker he co-founded. CFO Colette Kress will serve as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent successor.
17 Logan Circle Suspect Dies After Shooting Himself During Barricade, Police Say
The suspect in the Logan Circle gym shooting shot himself while negotiators were speaking with him by phone and died of the wound, D.C. police said. One victim was killed and four were hospitalized, one in critical condition.
18 UForce Raises $700 Million at $6 Billion Valuation
UForce raised $700 million at a $6 billion valuation. The Ukraine-founded defense company plans to expand production in Ukraine, the United States and other allied markets.
19 Law Firm Employee Charged With Insider Trading in Five Companies
Federal prosecutors say Chetram Balli, a document processing specialist at a New York law firm, used confidential client information to trade ahead of mergers and acquisitions involving five public companies. He has been charged with insider trading.
20 Dan Hicks, NBC Sports Voice for 34 Years, Dies at 64
Dan Hicks, who called golf for NBC Sports for 26 years and handled play-by-play at 15 Olympic Games, died Wednesday at age 64, the network said. His wife, Hannah Storm, said he died following an acute illness.
21 House Passes Major Richard Star Act in 392-18 Vote
The House passed the Major Richard Star Act 392 to 18 on Thursday, ending the dollar-for-dollar offset that cuts retirement pay for about 59,000 medically retired, combat-injured veterans. The bill reached the floor through a discharge petition after six years of delay, and its Senate companion still awaits action.
22 Microsoft 365 Outage Hits Outlook Email for Thousands
A Microsoft 365 outage disrupted Outlook email on Thursday after problems began just after noon ET. Microsoft investigated Exchange Online mailbox failures as user reports neared 130,000, later saying elevated load across multiple regions was likely contributing to the errors.
23 Police Identify Logan Circle Shooter as Matt Lambert; Man Killed Named as James Stuart
Police identified the Logan Circle shooter as Matt Lambert and the man killed as James Stuart, the building's property manager. With the suspect dead and the barricade lifted, police said the scene was safe — closing a day of rolling updates from Logan Circle.
24 Gootloader Malware Removed From Over 100 Servers, DOJ Says
Authorities removed Gootloader malware from more than 100 servers and seized U.S. domains, the Justice Department said. Officials linked the malware to at least 25,000 infected computers worldwide and ransomware attacks causing about $28.8 million in U.S. losses.
25 Waller Backs December Rate Hike, Puts 50 Points on Table
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller, speaking in London, said he is leaning toward a 25 basis point rate increase in December. He added that a 50 basis point hike should be considered if core CPI inflation comes in at 0.3 percent or more.
26 Schumer Hits Back at Trump Over Corruption, Cites Stock Trades
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer answered President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying the corruption he meant was Trump's own. Schumer cited 30,000 stock trades, a Qatari-gifted jet, crypto ventures and donor pardons, and vowed to push a stock-trading ban, while Trump pointed to blue states.
27 Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital Kills 6, Health Officials Say
An Israeli airstrike hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis early Thursday, killing six people, including a surgeon, Gaza health officials said. Israel said it targeted a Hamas commander it accused of using the complex as a headquarters; Hamas called the strike a war crime.
28 Trump Says He Wants to ‘Get Cuba Done’ Before Leaving
President Donald Trump said he wants to “get Cuba done before I leave” and would certainly consider a week-long military campaign against Cuba. In the Hugh Hewitt interview he also left open renewed strikes on Iran.
29 Cisco Posts Record $18.5 Billion Quarter, Raises Outlook
Cisco reported record first-quarter revenue of $18.5 billion, up 24 percent, with non-GAAP earnings of $1.40 a share. The company raised its fiscal 2027 revenue outlook to between $74.8 billion and $75.8 billion on strong AI networking demand.
30 354 Arrested in Global Dark Web Drug Sweep, DOJ Says
The Justice Department said Operation TorNado led to 354 arrests worldwide, including 132 in the United States. The sweep seized more than $234 million, about 5.7 metric tons of drugs, 38 pill presses and 209 firearms.
31 North Korea Binance Hack: US Moves to Seize $1.2B in Crypto
The Justice Department has won court approval to seize or restrain more than $1.2 billion in cryptocurrency it says North Korean military hackers stole from Binance. Authorities also seized infrastructure behind FaceStealer, a deepfake video-call scheme blamed for more than $400 million in thefts.
Editor’s Note: This recap was prepared with the assistance of AI tools. Virginia Times gathered the source material from multiple sources and thoroughly reviewed the information before publication.