diff --git a/disaster_report/store/content.py b/disaster_report/store/content.py
index 432af61e..91d99ebe 100644
--- a/disaster_report/store/content.py
+++ b/disaster_report/store/content.py
@@ -513,11 +513,11 @@ def read_news(self, incident_id: str) -> list[NewsItem]:
             if self._news_incident.get(nuuid) == incident_id
         ]
 
-    def _pending_news_max_dates(self) -> dict[str, datetime]:
+    def _recent_news_max_dates(self) -> dict[str, datetime]:
         max_pub: dict[str, datetime] = {}
         for nuuid, n in self._news.items():
             inc = self._news_incident.get(nuuid)
-            if inc is None or self._news_log.get(nuuid) is not None:
+            if inc is None:
                 continue
             try:
                 dt = _as_utc(datetime.fromisoformat(n.get("published_date", "")))
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ def _pending_news_max_dates(self) -> dict[str, datetime]:
     def active_incidents(self, window_days: int) -> list[Incident]:
         now = _as_utc(self._clock())
         cutoff = now - timedelta(days=window_days)
-        max_pub = self._pending_news_max_dates()
+        max_pub = self._recent_news_max_dates()
         active_ids = [inc for inc, dt in max_pub.items() if cutoff <= dt <= now]
         if not active_ids:
             return []
diff --git a/tests/integration/content_store_test.py b/tests/integration/content_store_test.py
index 772eb5be..067606fe 100644
--- a/tests/integration/content_store_test.py
+++ b/tests/integration/content_store_test.py
@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ def test_active_ignores_old_pending_news(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         store.assign_news_to_incident(nid, inc)
         assert store.active_incidents(WINDOW) == []
 
-    def test_active_ignores_summarized_news(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    def test_active_keeps_incident_with_recent_summarized_news(
+        self, tmp_path: Path
+    ) -> None:
         store = ContentStore(tmp_path, clock=_clock)
         rid = store.ingest_source_report(_build_report())
         nid = store.ingest_news_item(_build_news(published_date="2026-06-30T10:00:00Z"))
@@ -424,6 +426,22 @@ def test_active_ignores_summarized_news(self, tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         store.append_timeline_with_provenance(
             _build_log(incident_id=inc), {nid}
         )
+        active = store.active_incidents(WINDOW)
+        assert len(active) == 1
+        assert active[0].incident_id == inc
+
+    def test_active_drops_incident_when_summarized_news_outside_window(
+        self, tmp_path: Path
+    ) -> None:
+        store = ContentStore(tmp_path, clock=_clock)
+        rid = store.ingest_source_report(_build_report())
+        nid = store.ingest_news_item(_build_news(published_date="2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"))
+        inc = _new_incident_id()
+        store.add_report_incident(rid, inc)
+        store.assign_news_to_incident(nid, inc)
+        store.append_timeline_with_provenance(
+            _build_log(incident_id=inc), {nid}
+        )
         assert store.active_incidents(WINDOW) == []
 
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/content_store_test.pyi b/tests/integration/content_store_test.pyi
index 21e199c6..a0343998 100644
--- a/tests/integration/content_store_test.pyi
+++ b/tests/integration/content_store_test.pyi
@@ -90,7 +90,13 @@ class TestReadIncidents:
 class TestActiveIncidents:
     def test_active_fires_on_pending_news_in_window(self, tmp_path) -> None: ...
     def test_active_ignores_old_pending_news(self, tmp_path) -> None: ...
-    def test_active_ignores_summarized_news(self, tmp_path) -> None: ...
+    def test_active_keeps_incident_with_recent_summarized_news(
+        self, tmp_path
+    ) -> None: ...
+
+    def test_active_drops_incident_when_summarized_news_outside_window(
+        self, tmp_path
+    ) -> None: ...
 
 class TestMergeIncidents:
     def test_merge_moves_reports(self, tmp_path) -> None: ...