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Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

1. Fox News settled its defamation lawsuit for $787 million, averting a highly anticipated trial.

The last-minute settlement between Fox and Dominion Voting Systems — which was reached this afternoon just as opening statements were expected to begin — abruptly put an end to the companies’ long-running dispute over misinformation in the 2020 election.

“We acknowledge the court’s rulings finding certain claims about Dominion to be false,” Fox said in a statement. Dominion will receive roughly half of the $1.6 billion that the company initially asked for in damages, in one of the largest-ever payouts in a defamation case.

The sudden resolution was an extraordinary twist in a case that had promised to be one of the most consequential against a media organization in a generation. Dominion had accused Fox of repeatedly airing falsehoods about its voting machines, and the case had been expected to be a major test of the First Amendment.

While the settlement avoids a lengthy trial, it still results in a rare instance of accountability for attempts to delegitimize President Biden’s victory. Few people or organizations have faced legal ramifications for claims related to electoral fraud that were brought by former President Donald Trump or his supporters.

2. Russia’s detention of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was upheld.

Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges last month, declared his innocence in a Moscow courtroom today from a glass defendant’s cage. It was his first public appearance since his detention, which indicated a new escalation in President Vladimir Putin’s conflict with the West.

3. A man accused of shooting a 16-year-old on his front porch in Missouri turned himself in.

Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, a Black teenager, in Kansas City, Mo., was taken into police custody this afternoon, a day after he was charged with assault in the first degree. Lester, prosecutors say, shot Yarl twice on Thursday night after the teenager approached Lester’s front porch, having arrived at the wrong address to pick up his siblings.

Yarl’s father said that his son had surgery over the weekend to remove the bullets and was able to walk out of the hospital on Sunday. He is expected to make a full recovery. The county prosecutor said today that “there was a racial component to the case,” but he declined to elaborate.

In upstate New York, a 65-year-old man was charged with murder in the killing of a 20-year-old woman who was in a car that the authorities said had been mistakenly driven into his driveway.

4. As a possible debt limit crisis looms, Wall Street shrugs.

At the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House speaker, reiterated his insistence that the government cut its spending before raising the debt limit. Without agreement from Democrats or major concessions from Republicans, the U.S. could default on its debt, crippling the economy.

But investors on Wall Street didn’t appear concerned. The lack of a market panic reflects a been-there, done-that attitude that investors have increasingly taken to partisan showdowns over the government’s ability to pay its bills on time, which lawmakers often resolve at the last possible moment.

In other politics news, a woman who once helped Ron DeSantis become Florida’s governor is now working to sink his presidential ambitions.

5. The F.B.I. is building a war crimes case against top Syrian officials.

After months of torture in a Syrian prison, Layla Shweikani, a 26-year-old American aid worker, was executed in 2016 for crimes she didn’t commit. At the time, her death received little public attention from the U.S. government. But for five years, the Justice Department has been quietly investigating her killing, according to four people with knowledge of the inquiry.

The inquiry aims to bring to account top Syrian officials considered key architects of a ruthless system of detention and torture that has flourished under President Bashar al-Assad.

In other international news, Mexico was the first and most prolific user of the powerful spyware tool Pegasus, a Times investigation found. The country has deployed it against both drug lords and human-rights defenders.

Also, fighting was reported to have continued in Sudan’s capital city today despite an announced cease-fire.

6. The F.D.A. authorized another Covid booster for people over 65.

Many Americans have become less worried about infection, but the coronavirus still claims more than 1,300 lives each week. To combat the virus, federal health authorities are now allowing adults 65 and over, and people with compromised immune systems, to receive another bivalent booster shot.

The spring booster approval was for the same formula that was released last year to protect people from the Omicron variant of the virus. An updated vaccine is expected later this year.

7. The next great ground-based telescope is being built in a desert in Chile.

Several institutions are working together to construct what they call the Giant Magellan Telescope, a multibillion-dollar instrument more powerful than any existing ground-based telescope. It is considered the next important step toward capturing detailed images of faraway planets and determining whether life outside of Earth could — or already does — exist.

The telescope is being built in the Atacama Desert, high in the Chilean Andes, because it is one of the driest and darkest places in the world, providing some of the most exquisite stargazing conditions on Earth.

8. The 100 best New York City restaurants.

Our critic Pete Wells has been reviewing restaurants for more than a decade, judging the food and experience at many of the world’s most renowned eateries. Now, he’s taking a step back to rank the New York City establishments that are most worth your time.

The list includes elegant (and expensive) dining mainstays such as Le Bernardin and Jean-Georges, along with more affordable options like La Piraña Lechonera — a roast-pork trailer in the Bronx.

10. And finally, a nightgown made for weddings.

The Nap Dress — a garment that was initially conceived as a sort of elevated nightgown — drew fans during the pandemic for its combination of comfort and Instagram-ready style. As its name suggests, it was made to be comfortable enough to sleep in and stylish enough to step outside in.

Now, four years and one pandemic after it was first introduced, the Nap Dress is becoming an option for brides. This month, Hill House Home, which makes the dress, is expanding into its first wedding line, featuring three new Nap Dresses in white.