Questions over Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate, U.S. based Nobel winners plus a sandwich full of nuclear sub secrets?

To ensure delivery to your inbox add email@mail.nbcnews.com to your contacts Today's Top Stories from NBC News Monday, October 11, 2021 Good morning, NBC News readers.     As the deadline for President Joe Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate approaches, businesses are still trying to figure out what they need to do to comply with the new regulations. A U.S. Navy engineer has been charged with an attempt to sell nuclear submarine secrets. And a trio of U.S.-based experts win the Nobel Prize for economics.    Here's what we're watching this Monday morning.     As Biden's vaccinate-or-test mandate approaches, questions arise over enforcement President Joe Biden says his sweeping Covid-19 vaccination and testing mandate will boost the economy and save lives. But as businesses prepare for the new requirement, they're wondering not only what will be in the regulation, but how it will be enforced.   A major challenge for the administration could lie within the agency tasked with ensuring compliance: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, already a strained agency before the president announced the new requirement.   "It would take 160 years for OSHA to get into every workplace just once," former OSHA senior policy adviser Debbie Berkowitz estimated. "It's an understaffed, under-resourced agency to begin with."   Read the full story from NBC News' Heidi Przybyla and Laura Strickler here.  Monday's Top Stories Navy engineer accused of trying to pass nuclear submarine secrets via data card in a peanut butter sandwich A criminal complaint unsealed Sunday alleges that Jonathan Toebbe passed restricted details about Navy submarines to a person he believed was a foreign agent. READ MORE News Analysis: After McConnell's blink, Democrats hold a weaker hand Democrats may have won a battle in the Senate to extend the debt ceiling deadline for now, but sources say there is no plan for avoiding a messier war in December, NBC News' senior national politics reporter Jonathan Allen writes in a news analysis.  READ MORE 'Unprecented': Designers are already imaging what a Covid memorial would look like The design challenges are immense: No one knows what a pandemic monument is supposed to look like, and there are few historical examples to draw on. READ MORE Viewed as heretics, this minority is now being forced from their homes by the Taliban Afghanistan's Hazara population was targeted by the previous Taliban regime. Now there are fears that members of the mostly Shiite Muslim ethnic minority are being persecuted all over again.  READ MORE Also in the News Trio based in U.S. win Nobel Prize in economics  Merck asks FDA for emergency authorization for experimental Covid pill Taiwan will not bow to China pressure, president says after Beijing reunification call 'Hellish situation': Shootout in busy Minnesota bar leaves 1 dead, 14 injured Australia's biggest city reopens after months of lockdown, but only for the vaccinated  Human remains in search for Lauren Cho, missing N.J. woman Meet the Press Reports looks at the way private companies are going to space for more than just tourism ... there's money to be made. 'I didn't instigate the split': Paul McCartney says John Lennon was responsible for Beatles' breakup Editor's Pick 'Squid Game' is a global sensation. But at home, it's delivering hard truths.  The hit Netflix show is striking a nerve in South Korea because it unflinchingly addresses a major problem there: debt and the never-ending struggle to pay it off. READ MORE Select From espresso machines to specialty coffee beans, here are some coffee gifts that any coffee lover will likely enjoy. One Fun Thing 'SNL' host Kim Kardashian pokes fun at family, meeting O.J. Simpson "Saturday Night Live" roasted Congress over its lack of social media literacy by opening with a spoof of C-SPAN coverage of the Facebook whistleblower's testimony before the Senate earlier this week.    And host Kim Kardashian West used her monologue to poke fun at some of her family members and even to rib "SNL" a bit.    Read the full story here and watch the top 5 moments here.    Thanks for reading the Morning Rundown.    If you have any comments — likes, dislikes — send me an email at: petra@nbcuni.com   If you're a fan, please forward it to your family and friends. They can sign-up here.    Thanks, Petra Cahill     FOLLOW US     Want to receive NBC Breaking News and Special Alerts in your inbox? SIGN UP HERE Check out all of NBC Newsletters here.     Get the NBC News Mobile App   30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 View in browser | Unsubscribe | Manage Subscription | Contact | Privacy