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By MOLLY QUELL - Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — Shareholders of dismantled Russian oil company Yukos were low in spirits Tuesday after the top bid in an auction of several iconic vodka brands came up…

By DARKO VOJINOVIC - Associated Press ROZANCI, Serbia (AP) — Forget whiskey or cognac. For Serbs, nothing beats homemade sljivovica, a plum brandy they hope will win U.N. recognition soon as an example…

By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN - Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping…

By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN - Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after a two-year pandemic interruption — the same bicep-challenging beer mugs, fat-dripping pork…

AP PRAGUE (AP) — Budvar, the Czech brewer that has been in a long legal dispute with U.S. beer giant Anheuser-Busch over use of the Budweiser brand, increased its net profit by some 10% for the second…

By MICHAEL CASEY - Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Care for a hint of crab in your whiskey?A New Hampshire distillery has come up with its newest concoction called “Crab Trapper" — whiskey…

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press Heaven Hill Distillery, one of the world’s largest bourbon producers, plans to revive its whiskey production in its Kentucky hometown — more than a quarter century…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI - Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A deeply divided Minnesota Legislature returns from its Easter-Passover break Tuesday with just five weeks left to decide what to do with the…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers took aim Wednesday at reversing the state's chronically high rates…

UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s “illegal, unprovoked” and “cruel” war against Ukraine is underscoring the many…