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A Florida appeals court ruled in favor of Gov. DeSantis' order banning mask rules in schools
This comes after a Second Circuit judge ruled the governor did not have the authority to issue a ma…
Rebecca Cohen
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Gov. Ron DeSantis is waging a war on school mask mandates - and is threatening to withhold paychecks of school-board members who defy his mask ban
This latest salvo by DeSantis follows a move he made July 31 to remove funding for Florida schools …
Cheryl Teh
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A Florida chiropractor issued over 500 mask exemptions for students in Sarasota County
District spokesman Craig Maniglia said a third of medical exemptions received were signed by chirop…
Vanessa Gu
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Florida withholds funds from 2 school districts that mandated masks, despite judge ruling mask bans as unconstitutional
Florida is seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases among children, with more than 26,000 cases among those…
Vanessa Gu
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Airlines and regulators turn to eye-poking flight attendants and eye-popping fines amid sharp rise in unruly passenger incidents
There have been 3,420 "unruly passenger" reports on U.S. planes in 2021, and it's forced creative s…
Gabrielle Paluch
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Florida's education department warns school districts: Follow DeSantis' ban on mask mandates within 48 hours or get fined
Florida's department of education warned it will fine any school districts that are not following D…
Rebecca Cohen
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won't give up on his school mask mandate ban
The appeal "triggers an automatic stay" so his ban is temporarily law again. He had sidestepped the…
Madison Hall
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Straws, plastic masks and all other single use plastics banned — here are the fines and alternatives
Straws, plastic masks and all other single use plastics banned — here are the fines and alternatives
Bhakti Makwana
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A Texas school district found a loophole to the governor's ban on mask mandates: altering the dress code to require masks.
The Paris Independent School District added masks to is dress code after Gov. Greg Abbott banned lo…
Madison Hall,Kelly McLaughlin
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As mask mandates are lifted some states are grappling with longstanding mask bans that were aimed at the Ku Klux Klan
At least 18 states had anti-mask laws that dated prior to the pandemic as of November, according to…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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4 teachers died of COVID-19 within 24 hours in Broward County, Florida. Schools there are defying Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates.
Three teachers and a teaching assistant from Broward County schools died of COVID-19 on Tuesday and…
Matthew Loh
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Kelly Johnson, who is married to House Speaker Mike Johnson, practices a form of Christian counseling that classifies people into 'choleric', 'phlegmatic,' and other ancient personality types purportedly ordained by God
Both Johnsons hold deeply religious views, which have been at the center of their personal and prof…
Brent D. Griffiths
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Alaska state senator who was banned from airline for refusing to wear a mask tests positive for COVID-19
State Sen. Lora Reinbold said she was treating her case of COVID-19 with vitamins, a Vicks steamer,…
Rebecca Cohen
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Greek shipping companies are profiting by masking the transport of Russian oil, report says
Data analyzed by London's Sunday Times shows some companies owned by Greek billionaires have shippe…
Ryan Hogg
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Why Delta, United, and Alaska are letting the passengers they banned for not wearing masks back on flights
Travel analyst Henry Harteveldt called the decision "reasonable and fair," but airlines need to thi…
Taylor Rains
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Up to 2,000 Delta and 1,000 United passengers banned for COVID-19 mask-wearing violations will be allowed to fly with the airlines again
The federal mask mandate was struck down Monday by a federal judge, prompting airlines to immediate…
Kate Duffy
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Virginia Supreme Court dismisses parents' lawsuit challenging Gov. Youngkin's order that ended school mask mandates
The move was cheered by Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares, who called it a "win for Virginia …
Natalie Musumeci
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A shopper at a Virginia grocery store called out Gov. Youngkin for not wearing a mask inside, shouting 'Read the room, buddy'
"Look around you governor, you're in Alexandria," the shopper shouted at the maskless Republican go…
Natalie Musumeci
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Top Stories this PM: Florida court sides with DeSantis over mask rules ban; CEOs welcome vax-or-test mandate
A Florida First Circuit judge issued a stay in Gov. DeSantis' mask mandate ban, effectively reinsta…
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Alaska Airlines banned her for refusing to wear a mask. Now state Sen. Lora Reinbold can't reach the capital to vote.
Reinbold said in a September 9 Facebook post her ban from Alaska Airlines was political and "could …