Karen Moscow

There's been no public sign of a response to NBC Today show host Savannah Guthrie's message to her 84-year-old mother's apparent kidnapper.

In a recorded video on social media, Guthrie said her family is ready to talk, but she says they want proof that Nancy Guthrie, who authorities believe was taken from her home in Arizona against her will, is still alive.

Nancy Guthrie was last seen Saturday at around 9.45 p.m.

It's Election Day in northern New Jersey.

Voters in the 11th Congressional District will decide which candidates will compete in April to finish the term vacated by Governor Mikey Sherrill.

In other news this morning, Ukraine and Russia agreeing to exchange prisoners as the warring parties pressed ahead with detailed and productive negotiations to end the four-year conflict.

In a post on X this morning, U.S.

Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said...

The two sides will swap 314 prisoners in the first such exchange in five months.

He cited progress in three-way discussions in Abu Dhabi with results expected in the coming weeks.

Barrick Mining named interim chief executive Mark Hill to lead the company.

This is it announced plans to spin off its top North American gold assets in an initial public offering.

Shares of Google Parent Alphabet down more than 4% this morning after an earnings beat and an eye-popping number on AI spending plans.

We get more with Bloomberg's Dan Curtis.

Bloomberg's Dan Curtis reports some of Alphabet's other numbers were blowouts as well, including a 48% jump in Google Cloud revenue.

Shares of Peloton Interactive are falling after the company provided a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for the fiscal third quarter that disappointed investors who hoped a recent hardware revamp would spur a long-promised turnaround.

Bitcoin slumping below $70,000, a level last seen 15 months ago.

And silver is falling sharply.

At one point, it wiped out its two-day recovery as the white metal struggles to find a floor following a historic market rout.

Spot silver down about 13% at $76.83 an ounce.