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Disney asks Florida judge to toss out lawsuit from DeSantis appointees

By Mike Schneider, Associated Press

Disney and DeSantis have been engaged in a yearlong feud that the governor has touted during his run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, often accusing the entertainment giant as being too "woke."…

Mississippi to allow religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations

By Emily Wagster Pettus, Associated Press

Mississippi is starting the court-ordered process of letting people cite religious beliefs to seek exemptions from state-mandated vaccinations that children must receive before attending day care or school.

‘We’re barely making it.’ Why more New Orleans families are without stable housing

By Roby Chavez

The most recent Point-in-Time count shows the New Orleans area is losing ground quickly on homelessness.

Movie and TV stars join writers on the picket line in fight over the future of Hollywood

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

“Ted Lasso” star Jason Sudekis, Rosario Dawson and other top movie and TV actors joined picket lines alongside screenwriters Friday on the first full day of a walkout that has become Hollywood’s biggest labor fight in decades.

WATCH: Biden administration makes $20 billion ‘green bank’ available for clean energy projects

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Biden administration is making available $20 billion from a federal "green bank" for clean energy projects such as residential heat pumps, electric vehicle charging stations and community cooling centers.

Iowa’s restrictive abortion measure faces legal challenge as governor prepares to sign it into law

By Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

An Iowa judge will consider a request to postpone the state’s new ban on most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, just as Gov. Kim Reynolds is scheduled to sign the measure into law.

Tennessee fined more than $8 million for over 200 infractions in football program

By Associated Press

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

U.S. endures deadliest 6 months of mass killings on record

By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press, Larry Fenn, Associate Press

Six months. 181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. One country.

At least 11 tornadoes hit the Chicago area this week, weather service says

By Associated Press

The National Weather Service says a tornado outbreak in the Chicago area this week produced at least 11 twisters. Preliminary findings show they were relatively weak.