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A poster of Julian Assange is left by protesters outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the U.S.

WikiLeaks founder Assange wins right to appeal against an extradition order to the US

A poster of Julian Assange is left by protesters outside the High Court in London, Monday, May 20, 2024. A British court has ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against an order that he be extradited to the U.S.

May 20, 2024, 8:54am Business

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled Monday — a decision likely to further drag out an already long legal saga. Read story

FILE - Sale signs hang on the long display of snacks at a Target store Oct. 4, 2023, in Sheridan, Colo.

Target to lower prices on about 5,000 basic goods as inflation sends customers scrounging for deals

FILE - Sale signs hang on the long display of snacks at a Target store Oct. 4, 2023, in Sheridan, Colo.

May 20, 2024, 8:52am Business

Target plans to cut prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, from diapers to milk, as inflation cuts into household budgets and more Americans pay closer attention to their spending. Read story

FILE - Two pedestrians walk near an entrance to a Nordstrom department store at the Grove mall in Los Angeles, Dec. 2, 2021. Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family&rsquo;s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died. Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. said its former chairman died at his home, Saturday, May 18, 2024. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jae C.

Bruce Nordstrom, who helped grow family-led department store chain, dies at 90

FILE - Two pedestrians walk near an entrance to a Nordstrom department store at the Grove mall in Los Angeles, Dec. 2, 2021. Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family&rsquo;s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died. Seattle-based Nordstrom Inc. said its former chairman died at his home, Saturday, May 18, 2024. He was 90. (AP Photo/Jae C.

May 20, 2024, 8:52am Business

Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family’s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died. Read story

FILE - Signs for a Red Lobster restaurant are shown in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection days after shuttering dozens of restaurants. The seafood chain has been struggling for some time with lease and labor costs piling up in recent years and also promotions like its iconic all-you-can-eat shrimp deal.

Red Lobster seeks bankruptcy protection days after closing dozens of restaurants

FILE - Signs for a Red Lobster restaurant are shown in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. Red Lobster has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection days after shuttering dozens of restaurants. The seafood chain has been struggling for some time with lease and labor costs piling up in recent years and also promotions like its iconic all-you-can-eat shrimp deal.

May 20, 2024, 8:50am Business

Red Lobster, the casual dining chain that won fans with inventions like popcorn shrimp and “endless” seafood deals, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Read story

Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago

May 20, 2024, 8:50am Business

Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in the world’s largest archipelago nation. Read story

Supporters of Minnesota legislation -- which would require ride-hailing companies to increase pay for drivers -- walk through the State Capitol building, holding signs that say &ldquo;WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU&rdquo; and shirts that say &ldquo;MULDA Minnesota Uber/Lyft Driver Association,&rdquo; in St. Paul, Minn.,, May 17, 2024. Uber and Lyft have said they will leave the state if Minnesota lawmakers pass legislation that requires the companies to raise driver pay by more than they want to.

Uber and Lyft say they’ll stay in Minnesota after Legislature passes driver pay compromise

Supporters of Minnesota legislation -- which would require ride-hailing companies to increase pay for drivers -- walk through the State Capitol building, holding signs that say &ldquo;WE ARE COUNTING ON YOU&rdquo; and shirts that say &ldquo;MULDA Minnesota Uber/Lyft Driver Association,&rdquo; in St. Paul, Minn.,, May 17, 2024. Uber and Lyft have said they will leave the state if Minnesota lawmakers pass legislation that requires the companies to raise driver pay by more than they want to.

May 20, 2024, 8:47am Business

Uber and Lyft plan to keep operating in Minnesota after the state Legislature passed a compromise driver pay package, the companies said Monday. Read story

What happened in the UK’s infected blood scandal from the 1970s to ‘90s?

May 20, 2024, 8:46am Business

The final report of the U.K.’s infected blood inquiry was published on Monday, nearly six years after it began looking into how tens of thousands of people contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions of tainted blood and blood products in the 1970s and 1980s. Read story

Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch a missile that strikes an oil tanker in the Red Sea, US military says

May 20, 2024, 8:45am Business

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels hit an oil tanker in the Red Sea with a ballistic missile early Saturday, damaging the Panama-flagged, Greek-owned vessel in their latest assault over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, officials said. Read story