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The San Francisco-area rapper who founded Cookies is being accused of using strong-arm and bullying tactics to run the popular cannabis brand, and forcing other companies to pay him and top executives millions of dollars in kickbacks to do business.Those who refuse to pay up, according to a pair of lawsuits filed in Los Angeles County court, face threats of physical violence or "slanderous blasts on social media," as well as the inability to do business with Cookies, which has sprung up more than 30 stores across the U.S.
"Defendants' pervasive wrongdoing has caused their own pockets to be lined while causing massive losses to Cookies and its shareholders," lawyers for a group of investors allege in a lawsuit filed Feb. 8.

World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappe again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday.The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straight year.After steering Argentina to World Cup glory in an epic final against Mbappe's France last year in Qatar, Messi won the best player vote against Mbappe and Karim Benzema to secure the FIFA prize for the seventh time in 14 years.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails World Cup winner Lionel Messi edged Kylian Mbappe again, this time to take FIFA's best men's player award on Monday.The best women's player was Spain's Alexia Putellas for a second straight year.

Ashley Mellen thought she was doing everything right for her health - eating lots of fruits and vegetables, buying organic, opting for grass-fed beef and not using any toxic substances in her home.The stay-at-home mom of three says she felt so well that she had taken no pain medicine, antibiotics, over-the-counter or prescription drugs since her 20s.

It's different here.It's the Chicago Cubs' slogan, but lately it seems like it applies to baseball in Chicago in general.In January, White Sox closer Liam Hendriks revealed he had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and he began treatment.And the crosstown rivalry has been put to the side as Cubs rally around Hendriks and offer their support.

Pele's health remains stable and he is responding to treatment, according to the hospital caring for him.Brazilian news outlet Folha reported earlier on Saturday that the former striker had been moved to palliative care and that his chemotherapy to treat colon cancer had been suspended.But an update from the doctors treating Pele at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo on Saturday evening presented a more positive picture.

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Patrick Mahomes has picked up the first of what he hopes are two victories this week in Arizona.The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was the clear winner of the Associated Press' Most Valuable Player award, announced Thursday evening at the NFL Honors program.

Head coach Stan Delus wants one thing straight.When Etiwanda High presses - like, really presses - you'll know.The Eagles girls' basketball team kicked off the season with a 70-22 win over Anaheim Fairmont Prep, still guarding full court up 40 in the third quarter to the grumbles of Fairmont coaches.

Kim Simmonds, a fleet and commanding guitarist who for over 50 years led one of Britain's seminal blues bands, Savoy Brown, died on Dec. 13 in Syracuse, N.Y.He was 75.His wife and manager, Debbie (Lyons) Simmonds, confirmed the death, in a hospital.Mr. Simmonds, who lived in nearby Oswego, had announced in August that he had Stage 4 signet ring cell carcinoma, a rare form of colon cancer that is seldom detected early enough to be treated successfully.

Mancini reached out to Hendriks after cancer diagnosis originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago New Chicago Cubs infielder Trey Mancini says he reached out to White Sox closer Liam Hendriks after he revealed he'd been diagnosed with cancer, saying that he was ready and willing to offer any counsel he could during the difficult treatment process.

Rihanna's comeback is in full force.After taking six years away from music to focus on her fashion and beauty lines (which casually made her a billionaire), Rihanna took a baby step back onto the scene last year with a new song that was featured in the Marvel film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.The track "Lift Me Up" plays over the film's credits as a tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman, who played King T'Challa in the first film and who passed away in 2020 from colon cancer.

Rihanna is eager to get to work, work, work at the Super Bowl.The pop superstar said she's ready to rock the biggest stage of her career in February when she headlines the halftime show less than a year after giving birth to her first child.If I'm going to leave my baby, I'm going to leave my baby for something special, Rihanna said Monday.

After a long six-year wait, Rihanna fans have new music to celebrate, thanks to the arrival of her "Lift Me Up" song from the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.In true Rihanna fashion, the singer started trending on Twitter on Oct. 25, after teasers from the upcoming film were released, indicating that she would be featured on the soundtrack.

Pele leaves a legacy "impossible to summarise in words" but FIFA president Gianni Infantino believes the Brazil great "achieved immortality" after his death on Thursday.Sao Paolo's Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital confirmed multiple organ failure as the cause of death for the three-time World Cup winner, who many consider to be the greatest footballer of all time.

Thousands of mourners lined the streets as Brazilian football icon Pele was laid to rest in Santos, the city of his former club.Pele had been lying in state for 24 hours in the centre of the pitch at the club's Urbano Caldeira stadium for the public to pay their respects.People crowded the streets on Tuesday as his coffin was carried on a fire truck to a private family funeral.

The football legend, who is deemed the greatest player of the 20th century, died in Sao Paolo on Thursday.Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has declared three days of national mourning for Pele after the legendary footballer died at the age of 82.The measure was announced on Friday in a decree published in an extra edition of the government gazette and signed by the outgoing president, who is set to leave office Sunday.

T ributes have flooded in from clubland for legendary Fabric promoter Shaun Roberts who passed away after a terminal cancer diagnosis.The dance music pioneer was hailed for making risky bookings for the iconic London nightclub and giving chances to unknown DJs.He documented his fight with colon cancer after being first diagnosed four years ago, raising 160,000 to fight the disease.

Brazil football legend Pele has died at the age of 82.He had been battling colon cancer and spent Christmas in hospital, receiving treatment for cardiac and renal dysfunction, before his death was confirmed on 29 December.Pele's daughter Kely Nascimento confirmed the news on Instagram, in a post that said: Everything we are is thanks to you.

Pele has died aged 82 after a battle with bowel cancer, which is the UK's second biggest cancer killer, according to charities.Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein said the Brazilian football great died due to multiple organ failure as a result of the progression of colon cancer, a type of bowel cancer.

The health of Brazilian football legend Pele was improving but there was still no forecast for when he could be discharged from hospital after being admitted there late last month, according to a medical report released on Monday.Pele, 82, has been battling colon cancer since September 2021 and was hospitalised on Nov. 29 for doctors to reevaluate his treatment.

Brazil football legend Pele on Monday backed Brazil's national team ahead of their World Cup round of 16 match against South Korea, saying he will watch the game from hospital after being admitted there last week as he battles colon cancer.Pele, 82, said in an Instagram post that he wished to inspire Brazil's players by sharing a picture taken at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, when the then-teenager shocked the world leading the South American side to their first title.