Good morning! It’s Monday, October 12, 2020. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:
1️⃣⚖ Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings: What you need to know
2️⃣🗳 Trump returns to campaign trail with Florida rally, Biden visits Ohio
3️⃣🌌‘We can’t lose our momentum:’ Louisiana vows to rebuild
4️⃣🚨 Security guard jailed in deadly shooting at Denver protests
📱 [Trending] this morning
Lakers beat the Heat to claim record-tying 17th NBA title
The Los Angeles Lakers captured a record-tying 17th NBA Championship on Sunday with a 106-93 victory over the Miami Heat that sealed the best-of-seven title series 4-2.
The Lakers’ victory tied them with the Boston Celtics for most NBA championships and capped an unprecedented season that resumed in July at a spectator-free campus at Disney World in Florida after a four-month COVID-19 shutdown.
📅 What we’re watching
🔴 The Senate Judiciary Committee hearings to consider Judge Amy Coney Barrett as the next associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court begin Monday at 9 a.m. ET.
🔴 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence are campaigning in Ohio Monday. Biden is expected to deliver remarks in Toledo at 1:15 p.m. ET. Pence will speak in Columbus at 12:30 p.m. ET.
🔴 President Donald Trump will host the first campaign rally since he was treated for coronavirus Monday night. He’s slated to speak at Orlando Sanford International Airport at 7 p.m. ET.
💻📲 We’ll bring you 🔴 LIVE news updates throughout the day on the NewsNation Now app and NewsNationNow.com.
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