Kawhi's Raptors Deal Stays on Hold as the NBA Probe Widens
The deal announced June 30 is frozen by a cap probe with no enforcement instrument, no finding, and no timeline — the extension decision belongs to Toronto, not the Clippers.
Maya Calloway
Bureau: New York
Russia Jails Reporter Darya Shipacheva for 12 Years
Moscow City Court sentences a journalist to 12 years for treason — CPJ counts her among 29 imprisoned in Russia.
A Three-Newsroom AI Regime Update Arrives
Three newsrooms publish AI policies — but published rules and enforced rules are different records.
Britain's Plague Summer Adds Flies and Moths to Its Insect Ledger
Fly plagues and moth influxes are single-season signals, not climate attributions — the insect ledger grows but the cause stays local.
State Department AI Map Mislabels Every African Country at AIDS Conference
A US government AI-generated map put Nigeria landlocked and Mozambique in the Horn — viral AI slop from the State Department, not a parody.