Business NBA Defends 'Freedom Of Speech' For Employees As China Moves To Block Games "The long-held values of the NBA are to support the freedom of expression," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says, after the league is criticized for its response to a tweet about Hong Kong. Brakkton Booker
World Hong Kong May Ban Face Masks By Invoking Colonial-Era Emergency Powers It would be the first time in half a century that a chief executive has used those powers. News reports of the possible action emerged days after police shot a pro-democracy protester in the chest. Bill Chappell
Technology China Used Twitter To Disrupt Hong Kong Protests, But Efforts Began Years Earlier Social media networks banned hundreds of thousands of accounts last month. In NPR's assessment of the data, telling details begin to depict large disinformation campaigns. Daniel Wood Emily Feng Sean McMinn
World A Guide To What's Happening In Hong Kong For months, Hong Kong has been at a boiling point, teeming with protesters and police officers. Here's an overview of what's been going on and why. Colin Dwyer
Technology How China Uses Twitter And Facebook To Share Disinformation About Hong Kong Russia gets most of the attention when it comes to malicious use of social media by state actors. The protests in Hong Kong have made clear China is using the same playbook. Emily Feng
World China State Media Present Their Own Version Of Hong Kong Protests As pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong continue to dominate the world's news, China is aggressively presenting a very different picture of events. The audience is its people, and home and abroad. Emily Feng Amy Cheng
World Thousands Of Protesters Storm Hong Kong Airport, Shutting Down Flights Demonstrators filled the terminals, the latest in the 10th straight week of pro-democracy protests. China condemned the protests as "signs of terrorism." Sasha Ingber
National Man Accused Of Bribing AT&T Employees In Conspiracy To Unlock Millions Of Phones U.S. officials say the Pakistani man committed the crimes as part of a business to unlock and resell stolen phones. At least three employees accused in the case are cooperating with authorities. Merrit Kennedy
World Hong Kong Protesters Storm Legislative Council On Anniversary Of Handover To China Scores of protesters furious with Hong Kong's government poured into the legislative chamber and graffitied the walls. The chaos came on the 22nd anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese control. Bill Chappell
Animals Filipino Authorities Find More Than 1,500 Smuggled Turtles And Tortoises Some of the animals were wrapped in duct tape, some were mixed into luggage items such as clothing, shoes and cookies. A passenger coming from Hong Kong left the animals at the airport. Merrit Kennedy
