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  • FILE – A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ oversight board of Disney World has voted to claw back authority over the company’s theme park properties. The vote Wednesday, April 26, 2023, by the governor’s appointees voids a last-minute deal that placed control of theme park design and construction decisions Disney’s hands. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)Politics

    The board appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis just authorized a lawsuit against Disney days after the company sued Florida for retaliation

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Visitors walk toward Sleeping Beauty’s Castle in the background at Disneyland Resort on Jan. 22, 2015, in Anaheim, Calif. Disney CEO Bob Iger on Monday, April 3, 2023, called efforts by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature to retaliate against the company for its policy positions as not only “anti-business but anti-Florida.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Politics

    Gov. DeSantis appointees continue their fight for ‘superior authority’ over Disney World

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • Mickey, Minnie and cast members join Walt Disney World executives in a ceremony marking the official opening of Tron Lightcycle / Run at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on Monday, April 3, 2023. The roller coaster opens to guests on Tuesday. From left are Mickey Mouse; Ali Manion, Walt Disney World ambassador; Perry Crawley, Magic Kingdom operations general manager; Melissa Valiquette, vice president of Magic Kingdom; Jason Kirk, senior vice president of operations for Walt Disney World, Minnie Mouse. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)Politics

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis strikes back at Disney World with new legislation that would kill some of its special privileges

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • Cinderella Castle stands at the Magic Kingdom, at Walt Disney World, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Monday, April 3, 2023. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)Politics

    Gov. Ron Desantis’ hand-picked board tries a new way to wrestle power away from Disney World

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • New Delhi, IndiaEnvironment

    When will India have a bigger population than China? Maybe while you’re reading this.

    By Mike Schneider, Sibi Arasu, and others
  • Ron DeSantisSuccess

    A group called Moms for Liberty just got a Florida school to censor a graphic novel about Anne Frank and the Holocaust

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Lindsay Garfield, finance director at SquareFoot which helps companies find office space, works from home in New York on March 11, 2020. According to survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau, people working from home became younger, more diverse, better educated and more likely to move during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)Success

    The pandemic made remote workers younger and more diverse

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 12: Robert Iger, Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards on March 12, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)Politics

    Disney CEO Bob Iger slams Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and says his retaliatory policies aren’t just ‘anti-business but anti-Florida’

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Light falls on the New York skyline during sunset, Nov. 20, 2022, in New York. In 2022, the county that encompasses Manhattan grew by more than 17,000 residents after losing almost 111,000 people in the previous year during the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to population estimates released Thursday, March 30, 2023, by the U.S. Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)Politics

    Manhattan’s population grows as big U.S. cities claw back people after COVID pandemic outflows

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People visit the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., April 18, 2022. The first meeting of the new board of Walt Disney World’s government — overhauled by sweeping legislation signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis as an apparent punishment for Disney publicly challenging Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill — dealt with the rote affairs any other municipal government handles. Board members on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, faced calls for better firefighter equipment, lessons on public records requests and bond ratings. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)Politics

    Disney’s Ron DeSantis-appointed government board just met and hinted at getting rid of COVID restrictions at the Magic Kingdom

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • The Miami Palmetto Senior High School Lady Panthers huddle before the start of their basketball game against the Miami Senior High School Lady Stings at Miami Senior High School on Feb. 3, 2023, in Miami. (Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)Health

    Florida will no longer ask students ‘humiliating’ and ‘invasive’ menstrual questions to participate in school sports

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • Health

    Girls in Florida may not have to disclose their menstrual histories to play high school sports after all

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • People visit the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.Leadership

    Disney has had unprecedented power over the Magic Kingdom for decades and Ron DeSantis is about to take it from them

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • FILE – People visit Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, on April 18, 2022. Union members voted down a contract proposal covering tens of thousands of Walt Disney World service workers, Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023, saying it didn’t go far enough toward helping employees face cost-of-living hikes in housing and other expenses in central Florida. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)Lifestyle

    ‘We can’t pay our bills with magic’: Disney World unions reject contract proposal

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press
  • CaliforniansFinance

    Do you really live in an ‘urban’ area? The government just pushed 3.5 million Americans into the ‘rural’ category.’

    By Mike Schneider and The Associated Press