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'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90.
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'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

'Mr. Baseball' Bob Uecker, Brewers announcer, dies at 90

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career earned the moniker "Mr. Baseball" and honors from the Hall of Fame, has died. He was 90.
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Pope Francis hurts his right arm after falling for the second time in just over a month

Pope Francis hurts his right arm after falling for the second time in just over a month

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin .
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Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics

Standoff in South Africa ends with 87 miners dead and anger over police's 'smoke them out' tactics

STILFONTEIN, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a monthslong standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87, police said Thursday.
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Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen to fill Marco Rubio's open Senate seat

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is chosen to fill Marco Rubio's open Senate seat

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody will take Marco Rubio ’s seat in the U.S. Senate, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday, making Moody only the second woman to represent Florida in the chamber.
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Driver rams into anti-government protesters in Serbia, seriously injuring a young woman

Driver rams into anti-government protesters in Serbia, seriously injuring a young woman

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman Thursday at one of the student-led protests that have been held daily throughout Serbia over the November collapse of a railway station canopy in the cou
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College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot appear in court

College students charged in TikTok-inspired 'catch a predator' plot appear in court

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Five Massachusetts college students made their first appearances in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok .
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South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law

South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained at his residence for questioning over rebellion allegations linked to his
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UK's Starmer in Kyiv for security talks with a pledge for a '100-year partnership' with Ukraine

UK's Starmer in Kyiv for security talks with a pledge for a '100-year partnership' with Ukraine

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Ukraine's capital on Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the country’s security for a century, days before Donald Trump is sworn in as U.S. president.
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Driver rams into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia, seriously injuring a young woman

Driver rams into a crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia, seriously injuring a young woman

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman Thursday during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in November of a concrete c
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