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The NBA suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year and fined the team $30 million after a yearlong investigation into salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The franchise also lost five first-round picks, and Leonard was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits the team provided to his uncle and former business representative Dennis Robertson.Ceuta's residents took to the streets Wednesday to protest Madrid's response to a migration emergency. The July border surge that brought at least 72,000 arrivals from Morocco triggered the demonstrations, which coincided with the annual Ceuta Day and spread to Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao, where some demonstrators demanded Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez step down.Israeli settler militants and army troops attacked al-Mughayyir, a village north of Ramallah, on Wednesday, killing two Palestinians aged 19. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, both were struck by live rounds—one in the neck, one in the back—and succumbed to their wounds at hospital.Judge William Sullivan ordered the jury to continue deliberating in the Lindsay Clancy case Wednesday after signaling deadlock for a second time following five days of deliberations. Sullivan issued a Tuey-Rodriguez charge, a Massachusetts procedure instructing jurors to continue discussing evidence respectfully and reach a unanimous verdict. If the jury reaffirms deadlock, the judge can declare a mistrial.Zelenskyy announced a new two-tier air alert system designed to provide more predictability amid the relentless Russian airstrikes. Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine's energy facilities ahead of winter.Basimta Cafe's management is considering whether to remain open on Saturdays amid weekly ultra-Orthodox protests that have lasted over six weeks. The demonstrations began after the cafe was revealed to be an official Jews for Jesus project, a Messianic Jewish movement viewed as controversial in mainstream Judaism.Tyson Fury has called Anthony Joshua a "coward" and accused him of "conning everybody" as talks over a British heavyweight showdown remain unresolved. The rivals are locked in a tense standoff over whether the fight will materialize.Russian drones struck central Kyiv on Sept. 2, injuring at least 13 people, local officials said. Zelenskyy warned airlines that Russian airspace would be "de facto closed" due to Ukrainian drone operations, saying there would be "drones in Russia's skies on a scale that has to be taken into account."Uber is ending its ride-hailing service in Nigeria after 12 years in the country. The company said the decision to exit is unrelated to a directive from FAAN about ride-hailing services at Nigerian airports.For the second time, jurors in the Clancy case signaled to Judge William Sullivan that they cannot agree. After more than 27 hours of deliberation, the panel remains unable to determine whether Clancy bears criminal responsibility in the 2023 deaths of her three children, prompting the judge to issue Tuey-Rodriguez instructions for a final push.The NBA suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year and fined the team $30 million after a yearlong investigation into salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The franchise also lost five first-round picks, and Leonard was ordered to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits the team provided to his uncle and former business representative Dennis Robertson.Ceuta's residents took to the streets Wednesday to protest Madrid's response to a migration emergency. The July border surge that brought at least 72,000 arrivals from Morocco triggered the demonstrations, which coincided with the annual Ceuta Day and spread to Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao, where some demonstrators demanded Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez step down.Israeli settler militants and army troops attacked al-Mughayyir, a village north of Ramallah, on Wednesday, killing two Palestinians aged 19. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, both were struck by live rounds—one in the neck, one in the back—and succumbed to their wounds at hospital.Judge William Sullivan ordered the jury to continue deliberating in the Lindsay Clancy case Wednesday after signaling deadlock for a second time following five days of deliberations. Sullivan issued a Tuey-Rodriguez charge, a Massachusetts procedure instructing jurors to continue discussing evidence respectfully and reach a unanimous verdict. If the jury reaffirms deadlock, the judge can declare a mistrial.Zelenskyy announced a new two-tier air alert system designed to provide more predictability amid the relentless Russian airstrikes. Putin promised to step up strikes against Ukraine's energy facilities ahead of winter.Basimta Cafe's management is considering whether to remain open on Saturdays amid weekly ultra-Orthodox protests that have lasted over six weeks. The demonstrations began after the cafe was revealed to be an official Jews for Jesus project, a Messianic Jewish movement viewed as controversial in mainstream Judaism.Tyson Fury has called Anthony Joshua a "coward" and accused him of "conning everybody" as talks over a British heavyweight showdown remain unresolved. The rivals are locked in a tense standoff over whether the fight will materialize.Russian drones struck central Kyiv on Sept. 2, injuring at least 13 people, local officials said. Zelenskyy warned airlines that Russian airspace would be "de facto closed" due to Ukrainian drone operations, saying there would be "drones in Russia's skies on a scale that has to be taken into account."Uber is ending its ride-hailing service in Nigeria after 12 years in the country. The company said the decision to exit is unrelated to a directive from FAAN about ride-hailing services at Nigerian airports.For the second time, jurors in the Clancy case signaled to Judge William Sullivan that they cannot agree. After more than 27 hours of deliberation, the panel remains unable to determine whether Clancy bears criminal responsibility in the 2023 deaths of her three children, prompting the judge to issue Tuey-Rodriguez instructions for a final push.
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