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With COVID shots approved for toddlers, here’s what you need to know

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 years old Friday, a welcome relief to parents of the last age group to become eligible for shots. Although the move will help protect children from infection and serious disease, vaccine hesitancy still looms in the U.S.…

Tribune News Service

Gov. Ron DeSantis reverses, allowing Florida health care providers to order vaccines for young children

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is now allowing health care providers, including pediatricians and children’s hospitals, to order COVID-19 vaccines from a federal program for children between 6 months and 5 years old, a reversal from earlier this week, White House officials told McClatchy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

White House: Florida doctors can order under-5 COVID shots

The White House says Florida doctors will be able to directly order COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 from the federal government

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DeSantis wants panel to probe trafficking, sanctuary cities

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has asked that a statewide grand jury be set up to examine networks that illegally smuggle people into the state

The Independent UK

Seth Meyers: Ginni Thomas’ texts ‘make Mike Lindell sound like a levelheaded businessman’

Late-night hosts unpack the third hearing by the House Capitol attack panel, which focused on the plot to have Mike Pence overturn the 2020 election

The Guardian - US

‘We are devastated.’ Doctors angry over DeSantis not ordering COVID vaccines for young kids

MIAMI — Dr. Lisa Gwynn can order a COVID-19 vaccine for a Florida 7-year-old, but she can’t for a immunocompromised toddler.

Miami Herald

Trump weighs another run as GOP rivals eye own campaigns

Former President Donald Trump’s desperate attempts to remain in power by challenging American democracy have been thrown back into the spotlight by the Jan. 6 committee, with harrowing footage and searing testimony from his closest aides and family

The Independent UK

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Religious freedom: The next battleground for US abortion rights?

As a synagogue sues Florida over new abortion law, experts say faith could be at heart of ‘post-Roe’ abortion defence.

Al Jazeera

DeSantis taps DC law firm billing $725 an hour to defend culture war laws

A conservative Washington, D.C., law firm with deep political connections has emerged as the courthouse defender of much of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ culture war agenda, raking in nearly $2.8 million in legal fees and contracts from taxpayers to defend some of his top priorities.

Orlando Sentinel

Some lawmakers hope to crack down on drag shows watched by children

Republican legislators in Florida, Arizona, Texas and other states have proposed to ban minors from drag shows.

WEKU

DeSantis defends state decision not to order COVID vaccines for young kids

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended the state’s decision not to preorder COVID-19 pediatric vaccines for children under 5, saying that parents who want the shots can access them without the state’s help.

Miami Herald

Florida only state not pre-ordering toddler COVID-19 jabs

Florida is the only the state that hasn’t preordered COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers in anticipation of their final approval by the federal government

The Independent UK

DeSantis administration targets Tampa Bay Bucs over employee vaccine requirement

TAMPA, Fla. — Officials with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took to Twitter this week to voice their frustration at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ vaccination requirement for new employees, with Florida’s Department of Health Press Secretary Jeremy Redfern calling a specific job listing illegal.

Tribune News Service

Florida becomes only state not to order Covid vaccines for children under five

49 states have ordered vaccines for children under five, with federal officials targeting a June 21 rollout. One state has not.

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Burmese python hunt in Florida Everglades slated for August

Florida's annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades is slated to begin Aug. 5

Miami Herald

Calling all snake hunters. Florida opens registration for this year’s python challenge

MIAMI — Have you ever wanted to become a snake hunter in the Florida Everglades? Now’s your chance.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis hires $725/hour law firm to defend ‘anti-woke’ legislation

Governor’s national ambitions prove to be windfall for high-powered DC firm

The Independent UK

Disney delaying Florida campus but not because of tensions

The Walt Disney Co. is delaying by more than three years the opening of a campus in Florida to which 2,000 workers were being relocated from Southern California to work in digital technology, finance and product development

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Benzinga Before The Bell: Tesla Raises Prices, Revlon Goes Bankrupt And Other Top Financial Stories Thursday, June 16

Wall Street Journal Moderna Plans COVID-19 Vaccine Trial For Infants

Benzinga

Elon Musk In Favor Of DeSantis For 2024: Florida Governor Gives Surprising Reaction

Elon Musk on Wednesday named Florida's Republican candidate Ron DeSantis as his preferred candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Reacting to Musk's statement, DeSantis said he is focused on 2022.

Benzinga

Disney Delays Shifting 2,000 Jobs To Florida Until 2026 As Feud With DeSantis Said To Intensify

Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) dispute with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis continues to play out, as reports suggest the media giant has halted plans to move some California-based employees to the Sunshine State.

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: Power grab. DeSantis got a militia and now wants to control sports, schools, more

Ron DeSantis’ lust for power isn’t any secret. It’s one of the things his fans like most about him.

Tribune News Service

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Being 'fully vaccinated' but not boosted doesn't help against omicron, study finds

Orlando Sentinel

Disney delays moving 2,000 jobs to Orlando amid ‘don’t say gay’ clash with DeSantis

Amid the feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis over the so-called “don’t say gay” law, the Walt Disney Co. has delayed for more than three years plans to move about 2,000 high-paying jobs to Orlando, Florida, from California.

The Independent UK

Self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to ‘red pill’ anti-lockdown crusader: What are Elon Musk’s politics?

The Tesla and SpaceX tycoon has donated to both parties and attacked everyone from Joe Biden through Donald Trump to trade unions and ‘pronouns’, but underneath it all there is a consistent ideology, writes Io Dodds

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