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Paramount's owners had hoped to seal a deal to buy Hollywood rival Warner Bros. this week. But on Monday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín granted a temporary restraining order pausing the acquisition.
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Court ruling freezes Paramount-Warner Bros. merger for now
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Paramount's owners were hoping they'd be firmly in control of rival Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of this week. Monday's temporary restraining order puts that plan on hold.
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For Avalon Emerson, starting a band changed everything
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Supporters of the Cockroach Janta Party scuffle with police as they attempt to march to India's Parliament, demanding the resignation of the education minister, in New Delhi, Monday.
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India's Gen Z 'Cockroach People's Party' started as satire but is serious about change
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To her fans, many of whom are young women, Gracie Abrams embodies the intensity and confusion of being a young person whose potential is unfolding, not always in positive ways.
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Gov. Greg Abbott names Robert Howden as Texas secretary of state
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