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Man sentenced to life over plot to kidnap, rape and murder UK TV personality Holly Willoughby 07/12/2024 09:18am • LONDON (AP) ��� A man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for plotting to kidnap, rape and murder Holly Willoughby, one of Britain���s most high-profile television personalities. At the sentencing hearing at Chelmsford Crown Court, around 40 miles (65 kilometers) east of London, Judge Edward Murr Hungary's Orb��n faces backlash over his rogue 'peace mission' meetings with Western adversaries 07/12/2024 09:02am • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) ��� Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb��n has made a Trumpian vow to ���Make Europe Great Again��� during his country's six-month presidency of the European Union. As a first step last week, he astonished his allies by making a surprise trip to Ukraine -- his first since Mosc Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in 8 states 07/12/2024 08:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration is awarding nearly $2 billion in grants to General Motors, Stellantis and other carmakers to help restart or expand electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly sites in eight states, including the presidential battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania and G New heat wave in Greece expected to last at least a week. North Macedonia also swelters 07/12/2024 08:06am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Greek authorities on Friday warned of an impending weeklong heat wave during the summer tourist season, with a high risk of dangerous wildfires, as much of southern Europe sweltered under high temperatures. The ministry for civil protection and climate change said southwester Wildfire risk rises as Western states dry out amid protracted heat wave 07/12/2024 07:19am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires amid a protracted heat wave that has dried out the landscape while setting temperature records and putting lives at risk. Forecasters, meanwhile, said Thursday that some relief was due by the weekend. Californi AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional primary 07/12/2024 07:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Democrats running to replace the late U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. will go before voters Tuesday in a crowded and contentious special congressional primary where three candidates survived legal challenges to have them removed from the ballot. The winner will represent the party in A rapprochement between Syria and Turkey is on the table. Here's what it might mean for the region 07/12/2024 06:35am • ANKARA (AP) ��� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Syrian President Bashar Assad have recently signaled that they are interested in restoring diplomatic ties that have been ruptured for more than a decade. Erdogan has said that he hopes to arrange a meeting with Assad soon for the first time Destination Paris: American gymnast Frederick Richard wants to bring his sport to the masses 07/12/2024 06:00am • ANN ARBOR, Michigan (AP) ��� Editor���s note: Olympic athletes competing in the marquee sports of gymnastics, swimming and track and field train for one shot at gold every four years with little margin for error. The Associated Press followed several of those athletes during their preparations for t Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits. Baseball is grappling with the injury risks 07/12/2024 06:00am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a ���brontosaurus.��� Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn't consistently muster the arm strength needed to get drafted. So he went to college, took the ti Destination Paris: Gymnast Jordan Chiles' long journey back to the Olympics is rooted in joy 07/12/2024 06:00am • SPRING, Texas (AP) ��� Editor���s note: Olympic athletes competing in the marquee sports of gymnastics, swimming and track and field train for one shot at gold every four years with little margin for error. The Associated Press followed several of those athletes during their preparations for the Par Destination Paris: Swimmer Abbey Weitzeil ready for new Olympic roles: leader, mentor, cheerleader 07/12/2024 06:00am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� (Editor���s note: Olympic athletes competing in the marquee sports of gymnastics, swimming and track and field train for one-shot at gold every four years with little margin for error. The Associated Press followed several of those athletes during their preparations for the Par Velocity training has pushed pitchers to their limits. Baseball is grappling with the injury risks 07/12/2024 06:00am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Justin Verlander was a gangly teenager. His parents jokingly called him a ���brontosaurus.��� Long before he became a three-time Cy Young Award winner, he was a high schooler who couldn't consistently muster the arm strength needed to be drafted. So he went to college, took the tim Destination Paris: Tara Davis-Woodhall and husband Hunter focus on small stuff in chase for gold 07/12/2024 06:00am • FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) ��� Tara Davis-Woodhall preheats the oven, then heads to the back of the house while her husband, Hunter, pulls out the cutting board and methodically slices the sweet potatoes that will be the star of the show for this afternoon���s lunch. A minute later, Davis-Woodhall reap A second person has died in Vermont flooding from Hurricane Beryl���s remnants, officials say 07/12/2024 05:44am • PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) ��� A second person has died in Vermont in the flooding from Hurricane Beryl���s remnants, officials said Thursday. John Rice, 73, died when he drove his vehicle through a flooded street Thursday morning in Lyndonville, police Chief Jack Harris said. The floodwaters��� current s On stage, one of Japan's biggest Kabuki stars changes roles in an instant. Offstage, it took decades 07/12/2024 05:41am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Onstage, Danjuro Ichikawa, one of the biggest stars of Japan's Kabuki theater, is a virtuoso in switching roles. In his latest production, he plays 13 parts, including a princess, a sushi chef and a fox. He hobbles offstage as a feeble old man, then dashes back on moments later as a f