The News Roundup For October 11, 2024

Just days after Hurricane Helene devastated the American southwest, Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida, hitting Tampa, Sarasota, and St. Petersburg hard.

During an appearance on a podcast, former President Donald Trump said that he believed immigrants who commit murder have "bad genes," a concept that ties the impulse to commit such a crime is genetically determined.

Meanwhile, as the war in Gaza and Israel's invasion of Lebanon continue, the Biden administration is losing trust in the Israeli government, according to new reporting from Axios.

After its 91-year-old president failed to attend a summit in France, the Cameroonian government released a statement this week saying that Paul Biya, the country's chief executive, is in good health and that reports to the contrary are false.

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