TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — State lawmakers across the U. S. have introduced at least 240 anti-China proposals this year, aiming to ensure public funds don't buy Chinese technology or even T-shirts, coffee mugs and key chains for tourists. They're also targeting sister-city relationships between American and Chinese communities. After years celebrating trade ties with China, states don't want police to buy Chinese drones, government agencies to use Chinese apps, software or parts, or public pension...

Attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security say the agency didn't violate a judge's order detailing when people may be deported to countries other than their own because it was the Defense Department — not DHS officials — doing the deporting. Justice Department attorney Mary Larakers made the argument in a court document filed Wednesday, suggesting that U. S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy's order wasn't violated because the Defense Department isn't a defendant in the lawsuit. order,...

ISTANBUL (AP) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6. 2 shook Istanbul and other areas of Turkey on Wednesday, prompting widespread panic and scores of injuries in the city of 16 million people, though there were no immediate reports of serious damage. At least 236 people were treated for injuries they suffered while trying to jump from buildings or for panic attacks — most of them in Istanbul, where residents are on tenterhooks because the city is considered at high risk for a...