In addition to its proxy contest, Paramount has filed a lawsuit against WBD aimed at forcing transparency into how the WBD board of directors evaluated the competing Netflix and Paramount bids, along with its internal valuation of the assets involved.
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Corey Martin,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
Baldoni has maintained his innocence and filed his own $400 million lawsuit against Lively and Reynolds, claiming civil extortion, defamation, breach of contract, and invasion of privacy.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Jan. 2026
About 1 million people globally have sequenced their genomes, and realistically about 1 billion people need to sequence their genomes for models to function more meaningfully.
In a matter of days, the basement of a local gym was transformed into a free store, with donations categorized by volunteers.
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Elle McLogan,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
The number of killings investigated last year fell to 67, with 57 of those categorized as murders — excluding cases such as justifiable homicides — a total not seen since 1967, according to data compiled by this news organization.
Solis and Bridgeman maintain that the administration’s actions were unlawful whether they would be classified as a war crime or not.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
At the time, the economy contracted, companies were laying people off, the stock market dropped sharply, and our lab was shut down as we weren’t classified as essential workers.
During the regular season, Pro Football Focus ranked the Broncos’ offensive line as the best in the NFL.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
23 Jan. 2026
They are being penalized for their weak non-conference schedule, which KenPom ranked 362nd out of 365 Division I teams and included three games against Division II opponents.
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