Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke (Newser Morning 8)

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October 28, 2024     "Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons." —R. Buckminster Fuller   1 Elon Musk: I Was Never an Illegal Worker in US Elon Musk says he's no illegal worker, as President Biden indicated over the weekend. Keep reading   2 Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke A comedian's speech at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City was being widely described as racist by media outlets. Keep reading     At a Glance Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during a Senate inquiry on the so-called war on drugs during his administration at the Philippine Senate on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Manila. Duterte told the inquiry that he had maintained a "death squad" of gangsters to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine city. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Keep reading   3 Woman Survives 6 Days Lost in Mountains, Snake Bite A 48-year-old photographer survived many days lost in Australia's Snowy Mountains—and a snake bite. Keep reading   4 Khamenei's New X Account in Hebrew Is Quickly Suspended The social platform X has suspended a new account on behalf of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that posted messages in Hebrew, the AP reports. Keep reading   5 'Severe' Election Loss Roils Japanese Politics Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition lost a majority in the 465-seat lower house in a key parliamentary election Sunday, a punishment by voters' outrage over the governing party's extensive financial scandals, per the AP. Keep reading   6 McDonald's Quarter Pounder Is Back on the Menu McDonald's announced Sunday that Quarter Pounders will again be on its menu at hundreds of its restaurants after testing ruled out beef patties as the source of the outbreak of E. coli poisoning tied to the popular burgers that killed one person and sickened at least 75 others across 13 states, the AP reports. Keep reading     7 Melania Trump Surprises Attendees at Trump's NYC Rally Melania Trump made her first rally speech of this election cycle Sunday night at her husband's Madison Square Garden event. Keep reading   8 Team Fires Coach After Caitlin Clark's Historic Season The Indiana Fever made the WNBA playoffs this year for the first time since 2016. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Timothee Chalamet Crashes His Own Look-Alike Competition See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Oct. 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. On Oct. 28, 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2023: Friends Star Matthew Perry Is Dead at 54   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