The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

- The New York Times NYT.N was sued on Tuesday by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which accused the newspaper of passing over a white man for a top editorial role because of his race and gender, in order to meet what the agency viewed as illegal diversity goals.

- James Murdoch is in late-stage talks to buy Vox Media's New York Magazine and podcast division.

- Canada's antitrust watchdog said it is seeking to quash Keyera's KEY.TO proposed deal for Plains All American Pipeline's PAA.O Canadian natural-gas business on worries the acquisition would entrench control over critical energy infrastructure.

- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday allowed the marketing of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes in a first authorization of non-tobacco-flavored vaping products, amid mounting political pressure on the agency.

- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would briefly pause an operation to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, citing "great progress" toward a comprehensive agreement with Iran.