From banning tech to ending sister-city ties, US states have at least 240 anti-China proposals

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.
Alabama to execute a man who said he’s guilty of rape and murder and deserves to die

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man is scheduled to be executed Thursday after dropping his appeals, saying he’s guilty of raping and murdering a woman in 2010 and he doesn’t want to keep “wasting everybody’s time”
No burgers but plenty of crawfish at this iconic New Orleans music festival

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival kicks off on Thursday, bringing together a smorgasbord of the city’s most iconic homegrown artists for the next two weeks. The festival, which draws hundreds of
Gunman in 2022 mass shooting at suburban Chicago July Fourth parade to be sentenced in court

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man who admitted to a 2022 mass shooting at a suburban Chicago Independence Day parade was set to be sentenced Thursday, a day after survivors and witnesses gave emotional testimony about how
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Trump emergency move aims to cut approval times for energy projects to 28 days

(Reuters) -The Trump administration on Wednesday said it would implement an emergency permitting process for energy and mining projects on federal lands, slashing approval times that typically take months or years to at most 28 days. The
Department of Homeland Security points to another agency when asked about court-barred deportations

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
Trump will hold a rally in Michigan next week to mark his first 100 days in office

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump will mark his first 100 days in office next week with a rally in Michigan, his first since returning to the White House earlier this year. Trump will visit Macomb
Gov. Tim Walz pledges to protect Minnesota from the ‘chaos’ he says Trump has unleashed on the world

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz pledged Wednesday night to do everything in his power to protect Minnesotans from the chaos that he said President Donald Trump has unleashed on the country and the world.
Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools’ equity efforts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has ordered sharper scrutiny of America’s colleges and the accreditors that oversee them, part of his escalating campaign to end what he calls ” wokeness ” and diversity efforts in education.