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Israel’s Netanyahu rebuffs U.S. plea to halt Rafah offensive

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday once again left the Middle East empty-handed as Israel's prime minister rejected American appeals to call off a promised ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which is overflowing with displaced ...

Russia, China veto U.S. resolution calling for immediate cease-fire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored United Nations resolution supporting "an immediate and sustained cease-fire" in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, calling the measure ambiguous and saying it was not the direct demand to end the fighting that much of the ...

West Virginia officials raise concerns about new EV rules

CHARLESTON — A new rule by President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency aimed at increasing the numbers of electric vehicles on the road has several of West Virginia’s political leaders shocked. On Wednesday, the EPA announced its final pollution standards for commercial ...