Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has “fully satisfied” a $148 million judgment awarded to two Fulton County election workers whom he falsely accused of ballot fraud in the aftermath of Georgia’s 2020 election, an attorney for the women said in a court filing Monday.

Giuliani settled with the mother and daughter ahead of trial last month in a deal that allowed him to keep his homes and personal belongings in return for compensation and a promise to never defame them again, The Associated Press previously reported.

The election workers, Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, had been seeking all of Giuliani’s property as part of the defamation judgment against him. On Monday, the plaintiffs’ attorney, Aaron Nathan, wrote that Giuliani had “fully satisfied the final judgment,” bringing an end to the lengthy saga.

The amount of the compensation was not disclosed.

The women won their defamation judgment after arguing that Giuliani’s lies about the 2020 presidential election being stolen led to death threats that made them fear for their lives.

Delta fight returns after smoke in cockpit

A Delta Air Lines flight returned to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday after the crew reported “possible smoke” inside the aircraft, prompting the pilot to declare an emergency and passengers to evacuate by slides once it safely landed, the airline and federal officials said.

Flight 876, a Boeing 717 aircraft, was headed for Columbia, S.C., but instead returned to the Atlanta airport around 9 a.m. The plane was carrying 94 passengers, two pilots and three flight attendants, the airline said.

“The flight crew followed procedures to return to Atlanta when a haze inside the aircraft was observed after departure,” Delta said in a statement.

A representative for Delta said that medical teams were attending to two passengers.

“Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and people, and we apologize to our customers for the experience,” the airline said.

The crew reported “possible smoke” in the flight deck, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, which said it would investigate.

GOP’s Ramaswamy to run for Ohio governor

Vivek Ramaswamy, the Cincinnati-born biotech entrepreneur who departed the Department of Government Efficiency initiative on President Donald Trump’s first day, launched his bid for Ohio governor Monday with promises to institute work requirements for Medicaid and merit pay for all public school teachers and administrators.

Ramaswamy, 39, kicked off his campaign in Cincinnati, joining the 2026 Republican primary just a month after presumed frontrunner and then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted left the running to take a U.S. Senate appointment.

Ramaswamy sought the GOP nomination for president in 2024 before dropping out to back Trump, who later tapped him to co-chair the efficiency initiative with billionaire Elon Musk. A near-billionaire himself, Ramaswamy has promoted his ties to Trump as he lines up key endorsements and donors in the governor’s race, but the president has made no formal endorsement yet.

Counterfeit stamps from Hong Kong seized

Thousands of counterfeit forever stamps were blocked from entering postal circulation by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Alabama, officials said.

A total of 200,000 postage stamps worth $146,000 from Hong Kong were seized after an inspection determined the stamps were fake, according to a Feb. 21 CBP news release.

The batch included rolls of the Flag Stamp, which according to the United States Postal Inspection Service is the most frequently seen counterfeit stamp.

About a week earlier, Customs and Border Protections officers stopped eight shipments of 161,860 fraudulent U.S. forever stamps, worth more than $118,000, officials said in a Feb. 13 news release.

50 die from unknown illness in Congo

An unknown illness has killed over 50 people in northwestern Congo, according to doctors on the ground and the World Health Organization on Monday.

The interval between the onset of symptoms and death has been 48 hours in the majority of cases, and “that’s what’s really worrying,” Serge Ngalebato, medical director of Bikoro Hospital, a regional monitoring center, told The Associated Press.

The outbreak began on Jan. 21, and 419 cases have been recorded including 53 deaths.

According to the WHO’s Africa office, the first outbreak in the town of Boloko began after three children ate a bat and died within 48 hours following hemorrhagic fever symptoms.

Doctors group halts Sudan operations

Doctors Without Borders on Monday halted its operations in Sudan’s famine-stricken Zamzam camp due to an escalation of attacks and fighting in the vicinity.

The international medical aid group, also known by its French name Médecins Sans Frontières and acronym MSF, said fighting between the Sudanese military and its rival paramilitary the Rapid Support Forces intensified in the camp, located in North Darfur.

The escalation made it “impossible” for the group to provide life-saving needs to thousands of displaced people in the area, it said in a statement, adding it had suspended all activities in Zamzam, including at its field hospital.

“Halting our project in the midst of a worsening disaster in Zamzam is a heart breaking decision,” said Yahya Kalilah, the group’s head of mission in Sudan.

Kalilah said that being close to violence, experiencing great difficulty in sending supplies, dealing with the “impossibility” of send experienced staff, and the uncertainty around routes out of the camp, left MSF with “little choice.”

Inmate, 61, dies during N.Y. prison guard strike

A 61-year-old inmate died over the weekend at one of the New York prisons where National Guard troops were deployed to replace corrections officers who walked off the job in an illegal strike.

Jonathon Grant, who was serving a 34-to-40-year sentence for rape and burglary, was pronounced dead Saturday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell at the Auburn Correctional Facility, state officials said.

“Facility security and medical staff, along with a National Guard member began life saving measures including CPR and Narcan was administered,” Department of Corrections and Community Supervision spokesperson Thomas Mailey said in an email. A medical examiner will determine the cause of death, he said.

Information on Grant’s health wasn’t released. It wasn’t clear if the prison’s staffing situation was a factor in his death, but the public defender’s office that provided legal counsel to Grant expressed concern.

NBC’s Lester Holt to leave Nightly News

NBC’s veteran Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of the network’s flagship “Nightly News” broadcast in the coming months.

Holt, who has been the face of “Nightly News” for a decade, won’t be leaving NBC altogether, however. In a memo to staff Monday, he said he would be expanding his work on NBC’s “Dateline,” taking on a full-time role.

The transition is expected to take place early this summer. No firm date or successor for “NBC Nightly News” has been named yet.

Janelle Rodriguez, executive vice president of NBC News Programming, applauded Holt’s legacy at “Nightly News” and reiterated that the anchor will stay at NBC “for years to come.”

— From news services