April 19 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
- Fox News parent Fox Corp agreed to pay $787.5 million to settle its legal battle with Dominion Voting Systems just before the start of a trial on the voting-machine company's allegations that it was defamed by network broadcasts after the 2020 presidential election.
- M42, a newly launched healthcare operator owned by Mubadala and a partner company, G42, is planning to acquire Diaverum from U.K.-based buyout firm Bridgepoint Group PLC for more than $2 billion including debt.
- Southwest Airlines Co flight delays persisted Tuesday, affecting over half the airline's flights as it grappled with fallout from a technology problem that briefly halted its operation earlier in the day.
- Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk made his latest appeal to advertisers on Tuesday, seeking to reassure them that the platform is a hospitable and valuable vehicle for their brands.
- A four-story parking facility collapsed in New York City's lower Manhattan near Pace University and the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, killing at least one worker and injuring five others who were inside the structure, authorities said.
- U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday charged Nazem Ahmad, an alleged financier of Lebanon's Hezbollah, with evading U.S. sanctions imposed on him in 2019 by exporting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of diamonds and artwork.
(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
