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A U.S. district judge granted the preliminary injunction in a lawsuit challenging the state’s “vaccine passport” ban, which was signed into law in May by Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Board of Education will allow vouchers if parents feel their children are being bullied under a district’s COVID safety policies. Also, the Health Department gave parents the right to opt out of mandates.

The complaint claims Johnson & Johnson made Black women a "central part" of its business strategy but failed to warn them about the potential dangers of the powder products it was selling.

Attorneys for the state say U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams should turn down Norwegian Cruise Line’s request for a preliminary injunction against the vaccine-passport ban.

The state suggested that the CDC was in contempt of court based on a letter the CDC sent to the cruise industry after the appeals court reversal.

Attorney General Ashley Moody says the money will be spent on drug prevention measures as well as opioid treatment and recovery services.

Four big drug companies would pay out $26 billion to dozens of states over the next 17 years.

Norwegian says its legal action is a "last resort." Meantime, Carnival will start requiring unvaccinated people older than 12 in Florida to buy travel insurance and emergency medical evacuation coverage.

The request comes after U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday refused to put on hold his June 18 ruling that the CDC had overstepped its legal authority in placing restrictions on the cruise industry.

Department of Justice attorneys filed a notice of taking the case to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after a federal district judge issued a preliminary injunction against CDC cruise orders.