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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on September 21, 2022 in New York City. Stocks dropped in the final hour of trading after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point in an attempt to continue to tame inflation.

Stock markets drop as Wall Street takes a gloomy view of the economy

The Dow dropped more than 450 points to close at the lowest level since November 2020.

From left: Philippa, 23, from Sydney, Australia; Laura, 23, from Melbourne; and Isabella, 23, from Sydney wait in line to enter Tresor, one of Germany's popular nightclubs for electronic music, in Berlin in the early morning hours of Sept. 4.

How a whiskey-fueled meeting in 1949 led to Berlin's famed techno scene

All-night clubs in the German capital have long drawn "techno tourists." That might never have happened had a hotelier failed to negotiate the end of the city's curfew following World War II.

Friday, September 23rd, 2022

Congresswoman Cindy Axne is one of the Democrats who pressed for votes on a package of public safety initiatives that cleared the U.S. House. The Capitol Police officer who diverted a mob of rioters away from the U.S. Senate on January 6th, 2021 has testified at an Iowa man's trial in Washington. Plus, IPR’s Kendall Crawford reports on how small towns are training rural community members on how to spot signs of distress among farmers.

Venezuelan migrants Kimberly González and Denny Velasco and their children wait for a bus at Mission: Border Hope in Eagle Pass, Texas.

A dramatic shift at the border as migrants converge on a remote corner of South Texas

Migrants from across the hemisphere are increasingly crossing the border in a remote corner of South Texas. The shift has big implications for border towns like Eagle Pass — and the entire country.

FedEx's stock price sank after it warned investors its performance suffered last quarter.

FedEx is facing a big downturn. It may give us a vital clue about the economy

A surprise warning from FedEx has shocked Wall Street and worried some about the direction of the economy.

Tensions around the Ukraine war were high at today's UN Security Council meeting

The United Nations Security Council meets on Ukraine, as Russia mobilizes more forces and Ukraine accuses Russia of fresh atrocities in Izium.

Trump has taken 2 big legal blows

Former President Donald Trump suffered a pair of significant legal hits. A federal appeals court let prosecutors review classified material from Mar-a-Lago and New York's attorney general sued him.

Armed with eye protection, detasselers in southeast Nebraska walk cornrows in summer 2014 to prevent the plants from self-pollinating. In the Midwest, local teenagers have historically detasseled a majority of corn acres.

Mientras los adolescentes esperan trabajo, las compañías agrícolas recurren a trabajadores migrantes

Durante décadas, el despanojado de maíz fue un trabajo de verano habitual para los adolescentes de Nebraska y del resto de la zona del Maíz. Sin embargo, en los últimos años, las empresas agrícolas están recurriendo más a la mano de obra inmigrante para realizar este trabajo a través de un programa de visas destinado a complementar la mano de obra local.

Left to right: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic

The Laver Cup is your last chance to see tennis' 'Big Three' together on the court

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic had a three-way rivalry that made each of them better — and was awfully fun to watch. They will compete together this weekend for Team Europe.

Extreme heat, flooding and wildfires: How climate change supercharged the weather

Washington Post reporter Brady Dennis warns our aging infrastructure systems weren't built to withstand the stresses of climate change: "There is a certain amount of suffering that we can't avoid."

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