NewsNation Articles: October 12, 2020

Audio: Couple ballroom dancing through pandemic results in engagement Audio: Texas teenager expelled from Christian school over his sexual orientation Audio: Biden has slight edge in Florida in NewsNation/Emerson College poll Plaintiff in landmark marriage equality case concerned about new Supreme Court Couple ballroom dancing through pandemic results in engagement Texas teenager expelled from Christian school over his sexual orientation Boy, 11, in custody after leading police pursuit across Baton Rouge in stolen school bus Facebook bans Holocaust denial, distortion posts Carnival Cruise Line cancels Florida, Australia trips Celebration of Columbus Day is controversial issue across US Voters wait several hours in line to cast absentee ballots in Alabama, Georgia Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine trial ‘due to unexplained illness’ in patient Biden has slight edge in Florida in NewsNation/Emerson College poll Video shows the moment Nobel Prize winner informs his neighbor he’s also won Fall foliage map: Where you can see the changing of the leaves Slovakia’s far-right leader sentenced to 4 years in prison Danes start culling 2.5 million minks after virus hits farms Can’t find your favorite soda at the store? Here’s why President Trump tests negative for coronavirus, White House physician says Does the mail run today? 10 holidays observed by the post office Mother Cabrini statue unveiled in NYC on Columbus Day California GOP says it owns unofficial ballot drop boxes Abandoned baby found alive in trash bin Second stimulus checks: No House vote expected this week on federal coronavirus aid Microsoft attempts takedown of global criminal botnet Sen. John McCain’s mother dies at 108 Technical problems arise as early voting starts in Georgia with big turnout New COVID-19 antibody blood test granted emergency authorization from FDA Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77 Armenia, Azerbaijan report attacks despite cease-fire deal Dick’s Sporting Goods to hire up to 9,000 holiday workers New hotel focused on female empowerment opens in Washington, DC Video captures dramatic rescue after man falls 100 ft in Badlands National Park Amid nationwide calls to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, a look at Pres. Trump’s holiday proclamation EU nations set to adopt common travel rules amid pandemic Roosevelt, Lincoln statues toppled in Portland, buildings damaged Federal judge upholds Minnesota’s extended ballot counting Senate Judiciary Committee schedules vote to approve Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday JPMorgan puts $30B toward loans for Black and Latino homebuyers Judge won’t order immediate switch to hand-marked ballots in Georgia ☀ October 12: Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s hearings begin, Denver rally shooting investigation and Lakers victory Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests President Trump holds rally in Florida, Dem. nominee Biden campaigned in Ohio Americans Milgrom, Wilson win Nobel prize in economics, capping week of awards Cruise ship dismantling booms in Turkey after pandemic scuttles sector 41 children in LA County sickened by rare inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19