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ANNAPOLIS, Md. AP 鈥?A report on the Chesapeake Bay released Tuesday found strong disparities between communities in diff
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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?In a rare punitive move against Israel, the State Department said Tuesday it will impose travel bans on extremist Jewish settlers implicated in a rash of recent attacks on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.Watch the briefing in the player above.Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the step after warning Israel last week that President Joe Biden administration would be taking action over the attacks. Blinken did not announce individual visa bans, but officials said those would be coming this week and could affect dozens of settlers and their families.The decision comes at a sensitive moment in U.S.-Israeli relations. The Biden administration has firmly backed Israel since it was attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, even as international criticism of Israel has mounted.But in recent weeks, the administration has stepped
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