March 11, 2025 5:16 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The owners of Brough Brothers bourbon in Kentucky are ready to put their business plan into action. They have a new distillery set to open soon. They hope to cultivate new markets in Canada and Europe, but those plans have been complicated by an emerging trade war instigated by President Donald Trump. Victor Yarbrough, the distiller’s CEO, says efforts to gain a foothold in Canada are on pause, as are plans to break into Germany and France with its bourbon. Other U.S. whiskey makers face similar dilemmas. Yarbrough calls distillers “collateral damage” in the disputes.
March 11, 2025 2:47 pm
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it would immediately lift its suspension of military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing with Kyiv. The announcement came a week after the measures were imposed to push Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to enter talks to end the war with invading Russian forces. The administration statement emerged at talks between Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia. Ukraine also said it was open to a 30-day cease-fire in the war with Russia, subject to Kremlin agreement.
March 11, 2025 5:12 am
Russia’s military says air defenses have shot down 337 Ukrainian drones over 10 Russian regions in a nighttime attack in what appeared to be the biggest Ukrainian drone attack on Russia in the three-year war. It came hours before the start of key Ukraine-U.S. talks in Saudi Arabia on how to stop Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. Officials said the Ukrainian The attack caused the death of two people and injured 18 others, including three children. The drones didn’t cause large-scale damage. A senior Ukrainian delegation, meanwhile, was to meet with America’s top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the three-year war with Russia. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian or U.S. officials on the attack.
March 11, 2025 5:13 am
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — The single polling station in Greenland’s capital city is ready. This big Arctic island with a tiny population holds early parliamentary elections on Tuesday that are being closely watched. U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear he wants to take control of the strategic North Atlantic location that holds rare earth minerals key to driving the global economy. Trump’s overtures aren’t on the ballot, but they are on everyone’s minds. This self-governing region of Denmark has been on a path toward independence since at least 2009. Now, Greenlanders are debating the best way to ensure they control their future.
March 11, 2025 5:15 am
BENGALURU, India (AP) — Most of the world has dirty air, with just 17% of global cities meeting WHO air pollution guidelines, a report Tuesday found. The report, from the air quality monitoring database IQAir, looked at data from 138 countries and found that India is home to the greatest number of polluted cities, and Los Angeles ranked as the most polluted city in the United States. Air pollution is a major killer, with studies estimating it kills 9 million people worldwide a year and sickens millions more.
March 11, 2025 5:14 am
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has woken up to good news from his doctors. They upgraded his prognosis and say he is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia. The 88-year-old pope isn’t out of the woods yet, however. Doctors are still cautious and have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment, not to mention a period of rehabilitation he will likely need. The Vatican said Francis woke up Tuesday morning just after 8 a.m. after a quiet night.
March 10, 2025 5:59 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market’s sell-off accelerated as worries built about pain for the economy because of tariffs and other policies by President Donald Trump. The S&P 500 fell 2.7% Monday after coming off its worst week since September. At one point, it was down 3.6% and on track for its worst day since 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 890 points, and the Nasdaq composite sank 4%. Elon Musk’s Tesla fell to one of the market’s sharpest losses, as did airlines and other companies that need U.S. shoppers feeling confident enough to spend. Bitcoin fell below $79,000 from more than $100,000 in December.
March 10, 2025 12:13 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Craig Wolfley, a former NFL offensive lineman who spent most of his 12-year career playing for Chuck Noll in Pittsburgh before becoming a fixture on the Steelers radio broadcast team, has died. He was 66. WDVE-FM in Pittsburgh, where Wolfley worked in various roles during Steeler broadcasts, confirmed Wolfley’s death. Wolfley had recently been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer. Steelers president Art Rooney II praised Wolfley’s work ethic as a player and his passion as a broadcaster that made him a trusted voice among the fan base. (Photo: AP)
March 10, 2025 5:01 am
Investigators are working to find a missing University of Pittsburgh student last seen at a resort in the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki went missing Thursday in a resort area of Punta Cana, according to a spokesperson for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Virginia. Konanki is also a citizen of India. Konanki traveled to Punta Cana with five other women who are all Pitt students. The group of women reported Konanki missing on Thursday evening, the spokesperson confirmed. The spokesperson says the Department of State has been contacted and the embassy of India in the Dominican Republic is taking the lead, working closely with local law enforcement. Loudoun County authorities are also supporting the investigation. A Pitt spokesperson said in a statement that the university has been in contact with Konanki’s family. “We have offered our full support in their efforts to find her and bring her home safely,” the statement reads in part. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson says, “it is our understanding that the US is deploying considerable federal assets” to locate Konanki and support the Dominican National Police. The Pitt spokesperson suggests that anyone with information on Konanki’s whereabouts call the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office at 703-777-1021.
March 10, 2025 4:55 am
A single-engine airplane with five people on board crashed and burst into flames in a parking lot near a small airport in suburban Pennsylvania. Police say all five occupants survived the fiery crash around 3 p.m. Sunday just south of Lancaster Airport in Manheim Township. Nobody on the ground was hurt. The Federal Aviation Administration confirms there were five people aboard the Beechcraft Bonanza. Footage shared on social media showed black smoke billowing from the plane’s wreckage and multiple parked cars engulfed in flames at the crash site about 75 miles (120 km) west of Philadelphia.
