A man who doused himself with wine and tried to self-immolate on a train and waved a phone showing images of armed combatants is being held by French police on a potential terrorism charge.
Read moreFighting the closure of a Seaside Heights bar portrayed on MTV’s “The Jersey Shore,” Club Karma owner John Saddy claims in a federal complaint that it was his commitment to servicing gay and black patrons that got him shut down over Memorial Day weekend.
Read moreA Japan Airlines co-pilot arrested after failing a breath test shortly before a London to Tokyo flight pleaded guilty Thursday to being almost 10 times over the legal limit for alcohol.
Read moreThe global supply of beer could be the next victim of climate change, according to a study published Monday in Nature Plants.
Read moreThe owners of several vineyards claim in a federal class action that Napa County’s restrictions on helicopters are unconstitutional and will severely hamper their business.
Read morePolice in a small northern Minnesota community have been taking some strange calls about birds that seem to be intoxicated.
Read moreIn a batch of five cases taken up for the start of the October term, the Supreme Court agreed Thursday to review claims over a fishing trip that turned fatal when public utility workers attempted to raise a downed power line from the Tennessee River.
Read moreFor decades, experts have blamed heavy alcohol consumption for hazing deaths at parties in frat houses. Now, a trade association representing fraternities has passed new rules it hopes will prevent their worst excesses.
Read moreThe parents of a Penn State University student who died after a night of pledge hazing announced a settlement Tuesday with the national organization for the fraternity Beta Theta Pi.
Read moreA federal judge on Thursday upheld a $44.7 million verdict against the city of Chicago and in favor of a man who was permanently disabled after he was shot in the head by an off-duty police officer following a night of drinking.
Read moreThe Italian wine grape harvest season has started with Pinot and Chardonnay grapes in the northern Lombardy’s Franciacorta region, with experts anticipating a better year after an especially weak 2017.
Read moreGermany’s grape harvest is officially underway on its earliest date yet after a scorching summer that has many other farmers groaning but — so far — is promising to be good for vintners.
Read moreDutch brewing company Heineken says it’s buying a 40 percent stake in the company that controls China’s biggest beer maker, China Resources Beer.
Read moreA federal class action accuses Alameda County and Leaders in Community Alternatives of racketeering, for allowing Leaders to “extort money” by charging $25.50 a day for court-ordered GPS or alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelets.
Read moreSeagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman was arraigned in Brooklyn federal court on racketeering charges Tuesday in connection with a group that prosecutors say operated like a secretive cult and recruited women as sex slaves.
Read moreMore young people in America are drinking themselves to death, according to a new study from the British Medical Journal.
Read moreA police officer did not need a warrant to draw the blood of a drunken driver who fell unconscious, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreThe U.S. government is shutting down a study that was supposed to show if a single drink a day could prevent heart attacks, saying ethical problems with how the research was planned and funded undermine its credibility.
Read moreA distiller’s use of the Old Taylor name to pinpoint the location at which it will create a new bourbon does not infringe on a competitor’s trademark and falls under the fair-use defense, the Sixth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Read moreA major U.K. pub chain will stop serving French Champagne and German wheat beers next month and offer more British drinks to prepare for the country’s departure from the European Union.
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