Florida's New Evacuation May Be Biggest in 7 Years (Newser Morning 8)

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October 7, 2024     "The soul that is within me no man can degrade." —Frederick Douglass   1 Two Americans Win Nobel for Medicine The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated. Keep reading   2 Florida's New Evacuation May Be Biggest in 7 Years Hurricane Milton is headed straight for Florida this week on the heels of Hurricane Helene, and it may force the largest number of evacuations in seven years, reports the Washington Post. Keep reading     At a Glance People react during a ceremony at the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, on the one-year anniversary of the attack, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Keep reading   3 Russia Convicts 72-Year-Old American Over Ukraine War In April 2022, two months after the war in Ukraine began, Russian forces detained US citizen Stephen Hubbard. Keep reading   4 Harris Sits for 'Call Her Daddy' Interview Vice President Kamala Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket on Sunday by appearing on the popular "Call Her Daddy" podcast about issues that resonate with women, working in some digs at her GOP opponent along the way. Keep reading   5 LeBron, Bronny James Make NBA History LeBron James and his son Bronny made NBA history Sunday night when they played together for the first time during the Los Angeles Lakers ' preseason game against Phoenix, the AP reports. Keep reading   6 Use of 'Suicide Capsule' Suspended After Arrests Advocacy groups behind a so-called suicide capsule said Sunday they have suspended the process of taking applications to use it—which numbered over 370 last month—as a criminal investigation into its first use in Switzerland is completed, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Cheryl Hines Considering Divorcing RFK Jr.: Source A source tells People Cheryl Hines is not taking news of her husband's alleged relationship with a reporter lying down. Keep reading   8 Madonna's Brother Dead at 63 Madonna's brother, Christopher Ciccone, died Friday at age 63. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Donald Glover Cancels Tour for Health Reasons See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Oct. 7, 2001, the war in Afghanistan started as the United States and Britain launched air attacks against military targets and Osama bin Laden's training camps in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2016: Trump Caught Making Lewd Comments in 2005 Tape   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved