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Catherine Tandy Brown As a Kentucky native and bourbon fan, I love the bourbon distilled in the state. of The best bourbon ever. Always will be. End of story. Am I biased? Definitely. But there’s good reason. Over 95% of the world’s bourbon whiskey is produced in Kentucky. While distilleries are popping up in other states, it’s the Kentucky Bourbon Trail that’s on every bucket list. If you want the best bourbon experience, that’s where you go. That’s it. The aforementioned trail started with seven distilleries in 1999, eventually growing to 18. The emergence of smaller distilleries across the state…

Authorities said the shooter who allegedly targeted former President Trump while he was golfing in Florida on Sunday afternoon had previously declared on social media that “democracy is on the ballot this year” and “we cannot lose,” echoing anti-Trump rhetoric used by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden. Law enforcement sources identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Routh, who has a lengthy criminal record in North Carolina, frequently posted about politics dating back to 2019 and donated exclusively to Democratic candidates and causes. Suspected assassination suspect Ryan Routh. Routh was arrested by authorities in Florida. He also…

West Palm Beach, Florida CNN — The FBI is investigating an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Florida golf club on Sunday, the second attempt on the former president in two months. The Trump campaign said Trump was unharmed and not injured in the incident. Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw said at a press conference on Sunday that the Secret Service notified the sheriff’s office at 1:30 p.m. ET that someone had fired shots at a man holding a rifle in the bushes surrounding the Trump International Golf Club. A source familiar with the situation told CNN…

Three law enforcement officials said that a man armed with an AK-style rifle pointed the gun at former President Donald Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, while the president was playing, and that the US Secret Service opened fire. Trump was safe and unharmed, and the FBI said it was investigating a “possible assassination attempt” against the Republican presidential candidate. Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump arrives at Harry Reid International Airport to catch a flight after a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP) The gunman dropped his weapon…

Caleb Williams #18 and the Chicago Bears take on the Houston Texans this Sunday. (Stacey Revere/Getty Images)It’s Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season. Tonight on Sunday Night Football, the Chicago Bears will be playing at home against the Houston Texans. Both teams are 1-0 heading into this matchup, with the Bears coming off a close comeback win over the Tennessee Titans in Week 1 and Houston coming off a 29-27 win over the Indianapolis Colts. Heading into the game, the Texans are expected to beat the Bears. Are you ready to tune in? Here’s what you need to know…

Getty Images One of the most unexpected wins of Week 2 was the New Orleans Saints, who traveled to Dallas and stunned the Cowboys. By the fourth quarter, the only drama remaining was whether the teams could work together for a skorigami, a game ending with a never-before-seen final score. With six minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Saints were leading 41-19, a score that would not have been a one-point deficit had that been the final score, but New Orleans’ Blake Grupe made a 26-yard field goal in the final minutes to make the score 44-19. The Cowboys…

BERLIN — As one attendee put it succinctly, there’s “buying” and then there’s “shopping.” Attendees at the World Department Store Summit, held in Berlin late last week, are definitely all about the latter. Last Thursday and Friday, more than 310 delegates, many of them chief executive officers and senior managers, from 50 high-end department stores in 42 countries met here to debate “experiential retailing” — that is, how to make shopping an experience for customers rather than just a transactional process. The summit was organized by the Switzerland-based Intercontinental Group of Department Stores, or IGDS. “The experiences a luxury department…

But Springfield’s fortunes seem to be improving: New housing is beginning to pop up across the city, businesses are reopening, and downtown Springfield is bustling with activity even after dark.Jones credits some of this recovery to Haitians and other immigrants.”I see jobs now that weren’t there before,” she said. “It makes me happy to see something happening in my community again.”Boom, bust and boom againSpringfield has been in the spotlight recently for unusual reasons, but in many ways the city represents a national trend: once-thriving cities still undergoing a renaissance, a phenomenon felt across the Midwest since the 1980s.New prosperity…

Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will face the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon (Nathan Ray Siebeck – USA TODAY Sports)The Kansas City Chiefs are heading into Week 2 hoping to get their second win of the season after beating the Baltimore Ravens 27-20 last week. The Chiefs are at home this weekend, taking on the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City. After losing their first game to the New England Patriots, the Bengals will send quarterback Joe Burrow out to face off against the Chiefs’ star offense, Patrick Mahomes. Kickoff is at 4:25 PM…

Taylor Swift arrives at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards in Elmont, New York on Wednesday night, the day after endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Hide caption Toggle caption Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump has categorically stated that he is not a Swiftie. Days after Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris for president, the Republican presidential candidate expressed her dislike for the smash-hit pop star in all capital letters. “I hate Taylor Swift!” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday. Following the debate between Harris and Trump on Tuesday night, Swift voiced…