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California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger

The attorney general of California, one of 12 states suing to block the $111 billion deal, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions.

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California’s attorney general, Rob Bonta, announced last month that he and 11 other state attorneys general would sue to block Paramount’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Penn State Fraternity Members Are Charged in Cocaine Trafficking Case

More than a dozen current and former students from two fraternities were part of an operation that involved packaging drugs at fraternity houses, the authorities said.

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Administrators at Pennsylvania State University said that they are investigating the current and former students who were charged in trafficking cocaine.
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Minnesota Sues Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Over His Refusal to Extradite ICE Agent

A federal agent facing assault charges in Minnesota has been jailed in Texas since May. Gov. Greg Abbott has not granted an extradition request.

© Christopher Lee for The New York Times

Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas at an event in Kerrville in July.
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