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According to Reuters on Tuesday, Ariana Grande is suing the retailer for using her name, likeness, and lyrics from “7 Rings” to promote merchandise. Per paperwork filed in Los Angeles federal court, the Thank U, Next singer is seeking $10 million for the alleged misappropriation by Forever 21 and Riley Rose cosmetics company — a brand was started by the daughters of Forever 21’s founders. Some users on Twitter on Tuesday quickly noticed that the model in Forever 21’s ads was a black woman, and they criticized Grande since the complaint said, “the resemblance is uncanny....

Auditors in Arizona found that the county’s election had not been stolen from Donald Trump, as some of his supporters had claimed, and that the former president had lost by more votes than earlier official results declared. The hand count found Trump won 45,469 fewer votes than Biden, whereas earlier county results showed he lost by 45,109—a relatively small discrepancy of 360. It also gave Biden an extra 99 votes—up from 1,040,774 to 1,040,873....

Caesars - Up to $1,250 back on your First Bet + 1000 Tier Credits + 1000 Reward Credits® The Diamondbacks were beaten by the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday to move to 70-81 this season. Looking at the Giants, they now find themselves at 73-77 this year after their win versus the Colorado Rockies on Thursday. Both clubs are now over 30 games behind in the National League West division entering Friday’s game....

Recently the Michigan Supreme Court rebuffed Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s reliance on an old emergency statute, which it struck down as violating the non-delegation doctrine—the principle that the legislature cannot give away its legislative powers to the executive. But governors in many states continue to rule in violation of this fundamental constitutional principle. That includes my own state of Arizona, where the governor, a Republican, has singled out gyms and a subset of bars for onerous closures and restrictions without legislative approval, notwithstanding several months of decline in infections and more than two months of “minimal” hospitalizations for COVID-like illnesses....

Arjun moves to the F2 after competing in the GP3 Series where he achieved a historical victory at Barcelona, becoming the first Indian to win a race in the GP3 Series and followed the victory with a podium in Race 1 at the season ending Abu Dhabi round. His victory in Barcelona was also judged the best win of the year by the GP3 paddock. Testing in the post-season FIA F2 as a rookie, Arjun also displayed remarkable pace, topping two out of the six sessions, making the transition to Formula 2 a natural progression....

Japanese toymakers now see senior citizens as their most dynamic market. Nearly 22 million Japanese–17.4 percent of the population–are over 65, and that number is expected to top 25 percent by 2020. Three million senior citizens live alone, and 1.55 million Japanese are senile (their numbers are also expected to grow rapidly). This aging population presents a huge “silver market”–estimated at 50 trillion yen ($416 billion)–for everything from beds to cosmetics to home-care nurses and helpers....

It's also April Fools' Day, and renowned ESPN announcer Dick Vitale — no fool when it comes to college basketball — spoke with Sporting News about this year's Final Four. He also offered an update on his head-to-head bracket matchup against Joel, a one-ton longhorn from the Fort Worth Herd as part of Allstate's March Mayhem Challenge. Such a fool, that Joel fellow. "It's been a mismatch," Vitale told SN Tuesday....

A total of 12 teams would participate in the esteemed competition, with 10 already having made the cut with two yet to qualify. The 10 qualified teams are: Al Ahly, Zamalek (Egypt), Al-Nassr, Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia), Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia), Al-Ain (UAE), Fath Union Sport (Morocco), Al-Faisaly (Jordan) and Al Naft (Iraq). WATCH: Memphis’s delightful goal in training One of the final two teams will be winner of the qualification of Sudanese Al-Merrikh and Mauritanian ASC Tevragh-Zeine, and Lebanese Al-Ahed and Omani Fanja SC while an Algerian club team is also expected to complete the roster....

The former Boca Juniors and Barcelona B player scored 25 goals while on loan with Las Palmas to help fire them to promotion to La Liga in 2015. He has struggled to repeat that success, however, since signing a permanent deal and has made only five league starts this season. He was given a suspended nine-month prison sentence last November for refusing to take a breathalyser test after being suspected of drink driving....

But was it the right thing? When Congress passed the Motherhood Act last year, little was known about how early discharge affects children’s health. Researchers have now completed two large studies that address the issue directly, and the results may come as a surprise. Though one study suggests that ““short stay’’ babies are slightly more likely to land back in the hospital, both make clear that the length of a child’s hospital stay has little effect on her health....

Which species of microbes live in the gut and what they do in there are just two of the many key questions that scientists are asking about this largely unexplored realm. “The landscape of the human gut is truly terra incognita,” says Jeffrey Gordon, a genome scientist at Washington University in St. Louis whose research team is spearheading this effort. “The menagerie of microscopic organisms living there acts like an organ that carries out functions that we humans have not had to evolve....

EAT YOUR HEART OUT, EURODISNEY. In the course of bankrupting Bavaria, Mad King Ludwig built three of the most fantastic castles this side of fairyland. His favorite, Linderhof, includes a subterranean grotto where he drifted in a swan-shaped boat, serenaded by live opera performances. Herrenchiemsee, modeled on Versailles, has a Hall of Mirrors where concerts are held every summer. Most unreal of all is the turreted Alpine aerie Neuschwanstein–open year-round, since Ludwig insisted on central heating....

Pat Valaika filled in at third Sunday as the Rockies closed out a four-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Arenado was removed from Friday’s game in the fifth inning when he tweaked his shoulder on a throw. The five-time Gold Glove winner has been bothered by the shoulder for about a week. The 27-year-old Arenado entered Saturday’s game as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and was hit by a pitch....

Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) beat Andreas Seppi (Italy) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1, while Fabio Fognini (Italy) beat Juan Monaco (Argentina) 7-5, 6-2, 6-2. Here is the upcoming schedule of the tie: Saturday Filippo Volandri/Simone Bolelli (Italy) vs Horacio Zeballos/Eduardo Schwank (Argentina) Sunday Andreas Seppi (Italy) vs Juan Monaco (Argentina) Fabio Fognini (Italy) vs Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 0 votes

The Copa America championship game that everyone wants to see on Saturday, July 10 between Brazil and Argentina is just one game away from becoming a reality. Brazil did its part by beating Peru in the semis. Now only No. 15-ranked Colombia stands in the way of Argentina, No. 8 in the world. Don’t think Los Cafeteros don’t hear all the talk. They’ll be out to spoil the party when they take on Messi & Co....

Rogers did not expand upon her reasoning for criticizing the federal holiday, which takes place on the first Monday of September and celebrates the American workforce. “Labor Day is a Communist Holiday,” the Republican tweeted on September 6. Her comments were met with mockery from other social media users. The Arizona House Democrats Twitter account tweeted in reply: “Says the heart and soul of Arizona’s Republican Party (prove us wrong)....

The Sun Devils were passed over last time the selection committee came to Tempe in 2008, so an upcoming bid would assauge the disappointment the school felt that year. MORE: Top 25 preseason teams “We knew we wanted to bid again, although that was the first question we asked ourselves,” Dawn Rogers, Arizona State senior associate athletic director, told The Arizona Republic. “We talked with (ASU President) Dr. (Michael) Crow to make sure this is something the university wanted to support....

Anthony Boen, 51, the Sheriff of Franklin County, Arkansas, was convicted on two counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, the Department of Justice announced on Monday. In the first instance, Boen body-slammed a detainee and ripped parts of his hair out during a November 21, 2018 interrogation. Two weeks later, on December 3, Boen struck a man in the head “multiple times” with a closed fist while he was shackled to a bench inside the Franklin County Jail....