KENTUCKY — A UPS wide-body cargo plane crashed and burst into flames moments after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, killing seven people — including all three crew members on board — and injuring 11 others on the ground, officials confirmed. The crash occurred shortly before sunset, igniting multiple fires across […]
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Several feared dead after two US army helicopters crash during training in Kentucky
The governor of Kentucky said on Thursday fatalities were expected after two US Army Black Hawk helicopters crashed during a routine training mission over the state late on Wednesday. The status of the crew members was not immediately known, the US Army’s Fort Campbell said in a statement to Reuters, without providing the number of people who […]
Hitting the bottle: Trump’s trade battles slow Kentucky’s bourbon boom
Just a few months ago, Kentucky bourbon was taking the world by storm. Long a quaint drink for grandfathers, the quintessentially American spirit made with local corn and the bluegrass region’s almost mythical limestone water at last was a hit with bar goers in Madrid, Tokyo, London, Sydney, Paris, Warsaw and Berlin. Hipster nostalgia revived […]