| To ensure delivery to your inbox add email@mail.nbcnews.com to your contacts  Today's Top Stories from NBC News TUESDAY, October 12, 2021 Good morning, NBC News readers.
Texas Gov. Abbott issued an executive order banning Covid-19 vaccination mandates, in a rebuke of the Biden administration but also as the Lone Star State continues to see a rise in cases and deaths. Plus, Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden is out after racist and homophobic emails were revealed.
Here's what we're watching this Tuesday morning.   Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order Monday prohibiting any entity, including private businesses, from imposing Covid-19 vaccination requirements on employees or customers.
"The Covid-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced," Abbott said in a statement.
Abbott, a Republican, said in his order that it was prompted by the Biden administration's vaccination mandate, which he said was federal overreach.
The Labor Department has yet to release details of the emergency rule, but naming, shaming and fines could be part of how the mandate gets enforced.
Abbott, who tested positive for Covid in August, has also resisted mask mandates and requiring proof of vaccination.
Texas has continued to experience a rise in Covid cases and crowded hospitals. The state has reported 68,067 Covid-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic, the second highest state death toll in the U.S., and has the highest number of deaths out of any state in the country in the last seven days, according to NBC News' count. Tuesday's Top Stories
 "I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt anyone," Gruden said Monday night. His resignation comes in the fourth year of a 10-year, $100 million contract he signed with the Raiders in 2018.  Experts and aviation consultants say Southwest is particularly susceptible to service disruption because it operates along what's known as a "point-to-point route network."  Two investigations warn about the shortcomings of the country's judicial system and the rise of extreme violence and "atrocities" by organized crime groups.  OPINION I don't want Chappelle to be canceled. I want him to pull out the threads of homophobia and transphobia that run through the quilt of his otherwise brilliant work, culture critic Michael Crawford writes in an opinion piece. Also in the News
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 "Five beers in, and taking my leg off to catch a ball seemed like a great idea," Shannon Frendreis wrote in a recent TikTok post.
Turns out, it was a good idea.
The Chicago White Sox fan lent her prosthetic leg to a friend who used it as a glove to make a remarkable catch, which was captured on video and has gone viral.
"It started out as a joke to see if we could get the attention of anyone in the bullpen," she said. "We had the leg up in the air for a couple of minutes."
The video was posted to TikTok on Oct. 2, during the White Sox's series against the Detroit Tigers. It has racked up 3.3 million views on TikTok.
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Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Texas gov. bans Covid vaccination mandates, Gruden out in Vegas and why Southwest is so vulnerable to disruptions
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