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On a conference call last week, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company's ongoing dispute with Gov. Ron DeSantis raised questions about Disney's continued investment in Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption

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Disney cancels plans for $1 billion Florida campus

Disney says it's not moving ahead with a planned office park in Orlando because of "new leadership and changing business conditions." Its dispute with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to be a factor.

An event goer holds a pamphlet for U.S. entrepreneur and 2024 presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy during the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Victory Conference at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, on April 22, 2023. Rachel Mummey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old entrepreneur and GOP presidential hopeful?

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Romance writer Kennedy Ryan made history in 2019 as the first Black author to win one of the most prestigious romance fiction prizes — the RITA Award in the Best Contemporary Romance: Long category, for Long Shot. Kennedy Ryan hide caption

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Kennedy Ryan's romances are coming for your heartstrings

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Disney cancels plans for $1 billion Florida campus

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Boot Baby, who wears a black balaclava, and Boot Sheisty, in pink, have built a following of more than 85,000 across Instagram and TikTok through their boot removal business in Atlanta. Fernando Alfonso III/NPR hide caption

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A ride with Boot Girls, 2 women challenging Atlanta's parking enforcement industry

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TikTok creator Taryn Delanie Smith plays Denise, a character who's helping the internet cope with grief and abstract questions about the afterlife. TikTok @taryntino21/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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Heaven has a bathrobe-clad receptionist named Denise. She's helping TikTok grieve

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