( February 17, 2026, 1:25 PM EST) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Florida federal judge granted a motion by the company that owns the New York Post and its journalist to dismiss a defamation lawsuit against them filed by the owner of a chain of e-cigarette stores in Florida, finding the plaintiff failed to allege any actual malice or damages but also finding that certain claims in the article about his ownership of an e-cigarette distributor and his alleged anti-Israel activities were false and could be the basis for a defamation claim....