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Federal Prosecutors Move to Drop Bribery Case Against Indian Magnate

By: Santul Nerkar and Alex Travelli —
Gautam Adani had been accused of lying to American investors about payoffs in India. The end of the case came as President Trump has signaled a transactional approach to justice.

Gautam Adani’s companies have powered India’s rise as a global economic power.

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Missouri and Illinois Face Severe Storms and Tornado Threat

By: Nazaneen Ghaffar and Judson Jones —
The Weather Service issued a rare “particularly dangerous situation” tornado watch on Monday as powerful storms moved across the region.

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Clean Energy Companies Are Trying to Survive the Trump Era

By: Brad Plumer —
Offshore wind is out. Geothermal power is in. And many climate technology start-ups are looking for ways to carry on without federal backing.

A tour of the Geothermal House of the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston this week. Geothermal energy is emerging as one of the big green winners of the current era.

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Minnesota’s Fraud Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Democrats

By: Ruy Teixeira —
The specter of welfare fraud haunted Democrats under Reagan. It could do so again.
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Former News Anchor Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Pandemic Fraud

By: Alexandra E. Petri —
The former anchor, Stephanie Hockridge, who once worked for a Phoenix station, participated in an elaborate scheme that illegally obtained more than $63 million, prosecutors said.
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OpenAI’s Sora Makes Disinformation Extremely Easy and Extremely Real

By: Tiffany Hsu， Stuart A. Thompson and Steven Lee Myers —
The new A.I. app generated videos of store robberies and home intrusions — even bomb explosions on city streets — that never happened.

A frame of a video generated by the original iteration of Sora, an artificial intelligence tool from OpenAI.

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Can This Isolated British Island Keep Its Economy Afloat?

By: Peter Eavis and Catherine Hyland —
The Isle of Wight, known for its beaches and a rock festival that featured Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, has had setbacks in manufacturing, but there have also been bright spots.

The Isle of Wight, England’s biggest island and home to more than 140,000 people, is more cut off than most.

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Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

By: Steven Lee Myers —
A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.
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Payments Are Going Digital, but Many Seniors Still Rely on Cash

By: Paula Span —
“We’re putting another burden on the elderly that we don’t have to,” one researcher said.

Cashless policies disadvantage a number of groups, including low-income people, the homeless, undocumented immigrants and older adults.

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The Undoing of New York Nightlife’s Lawyer King

By: Maia Coleman —
Sal Strazzullo made a flashy career of representing minor celebrities and those in their orbit. His own affluence was a facade.

Sal Strazzullo started in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, and, in some ways, he never left it behind.

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Donald Trump, Felon

By: The Editorial Board —
The former president’s conviction in a New York criminal trial revealed, yet again, why he is unfit for office.

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Donald J. Trump’s Scandals Captivate the Court, but Hush-Money Case Hangs on Dry Details

By: Ben Protess， Jonah E. Bromwich， William K. Rashbaum and Maggie Haberman —
Prosecutors started their criminal case against Donald J. Trump with eye-catching and lurid stories, but the heart of the matter is invoices and ledger entries.

In the trial’s first weeks, prosecutors have played their strongest card: testimony about the sordid stories that Donald J. Trump is accused of covering up.

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5 Takeaways From the Sotheby’s Art Fraud Trial

By: Graham Bowley and Colin Moynihan —
The inner workings of the art market were explored during the trial, which ended with Sotheby’s cleared of any role in what a Russian oligarch said was a scheme to defraud him.

Famous artworks have code names? Sotheby’s had one for this painting by Gustav Klimt, “Water Serpents II,” one of four artworks the trial focused on.

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At Least 72 Deaths in U.S. Are Connected to Severe Winter Weather

By: Jacey Fortin and Colbi Edmonds —
The number from officials and news reports is likely to rise as authorities assess the fallout from the extreme conditions in many parts of the country.

Oregon declared a state of emergency last week. At least 11 people in the state are reported to have died of weather-related causes.

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New York A.G. Seeks $370 Million From Trump After Civil Fraud Trial

By: Jonah E. Bromwich —
The penalty was well over the $250 million that the attorney general, Letitia James, had estimated in the fall of 2022, when she sued the former president.

Letitia James, the attorney general, said that Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial had demonstrated that he had gained $370 million through unlawful conduct.

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Properties Trump May Lose Control of in New York Fraud Case

By: Rukmini Callimachi —
If a judge’s ruling stands, Donald Trump could lose control over some of his flagship New York real estate.

Former President Donald J. Trump is in danger of losing his business certificates for properties like Trump Tower in Manhattan.

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Why the Donald Trump Fraud Case Matters

By: Paul Krugman —
But Trump supporters probably won’t admit they were fooled.

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