It Was 'the Worst Day' for Spain (Newser Morning 8)

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October 30, 2024     "The dog that trots about finds a bone." —Golda Meir   1 Trump: 'Nobody's Fault' We Didn't Vet Comedian Former President Trump says he doesn't know Tony Hinchcliffe and doesn't know who booked him for the MAGA rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, but admits he "probably shouldn't have been there." Keep reading   2 It Was 'the Worst Day' for Spain At least 52 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory, per the AP. Keep reading   From our sponsors The Portable Heater That Has Taken America by Storm This is How Thousands are Heating up Their Homes and Slashing Electric Bills KEEP READING   At a Glance New York Yankees' Gleyber Torres hits a three-run home run against the Los Angeles Dodgers during the eighth inning in Game 4 of the World Series, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in New York. The Yanks averted a four-game sweep with an 11-4 victory, but the Dodgers' Freddie Freeman broke a pair of Series records as his hot streak continued. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Keep reading   3 Odd Double Murder Case in Virginia Takes Another Turn The au pair in a strange and twisty Virginia double homicide case struck a plea deal with prosecutors and will cooperate when her former lover goes on trial for murder in February. Keep reading   4 Harris Delivers 'Closing Argument' at DC Rally Kamala Harris told Americans on Tuesday that Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear are "not who we are" as she reinforced her campaign's closing argument by delivering it from the same site where the Republican former president spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021. Keep reading   5 Home Improvement Star Busted for Alleged DUI (Again) Zachery Ty Bryan, onetime child star on Home Improvement, was on Friday arrested for an alleged DUI for the second time this year. Keep reading   6 A Common NYC Practice Is Finally Legal Jaywalking—that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic light—is now legal in New York City. Keep reading     7 Washington Post Subscription Cancellations Hit 250K A full 10% of the Washington Post's subscribers, which numbered 2.5 million prior to the newspaper's announcement that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, have canceled their subscriptions in the wake of the announcement. Keep reading   8 Judge Approves Sale of Tupperware A US bankruptcy judge approved a sale of Tupperware Brands on Tuesday, paving the way for the iconic food-storage company to soon exit Chapter 11 protection and continue offering its products while undergoing a hoped-for revitalization, the AP reports. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Andrea Mitchell to Conclude MSNBC Show See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Oct. 30, 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a scheduled 15-round bout known as the "Rumble in the Jungle," in Kinshasa, Congo (then Zaire), to regain his world heavyweight title. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2023: Schwarzenegger: Here's Who Should Run for President   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