Month: September 2022

By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers U.S. stock futures are modestly higher Wednesday ahead of a widely expected interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve as it continues to cool the worst inflation in 40 years. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and S&P 500 each rose 0.4%. It is no longer

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama plans a six-city tour this fall in support of her new book, “The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times,” beginning mid-November in Washington. D.C. and ending a month later in Los Angeles. “I’m looking forward to making some new connections — and

BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands have gathered in Belgium to protest against skyrocketing electricity, natural gas and food prices. Trade unions and city police say that around 10,000 people took part in Wednesday’s demonstration. People from across the country marched behind banners reading “Life is much too expensive” or carrying placards marked “Freeze prices.” A Belgian

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Police in Slovenia have stopped more than 100 people who boarded a train to Italy after leaving two asylum-seeker centers. Police in the Adriatic Sea coastal city of Koper said Wednesday that 103 migrants had left the centers in Slovenia earlier and boarded the train to Italy on Tuesday night before

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CAYEY, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona strengthened into a Category 4 storm Wednesday after devastating Puerto Rico, then lashing the Dominican Republic and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It was forecast to squeeze past Bermuda later this week. The storm has been blamed for directly causing at least four