On the updated version of Hot off the Wire (posted Nov. 18 at 7:03 a.m. CT):

• A dangerous lake-effect snowstorm paralyzed parts of western and northern New York, with more than a foot of snow already on the ground in places and a driving ban keeping people off the roads in the Buffalo area.
• Also ahead of the storm, the NFL announced it would relocate the Buffalo Bills' home game against the Cleveland Browns to Detroit on Sunday.
• North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland.
• The Uvalde officer who was leading the city’s police department during the hesitant law enforcement response to the elementary school shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers has stepped down.
• An investigation by Maryland’s attorney general has identified 158 Roman Catholic priests in the Archdiocese of Baltimore accused of sexually and physically abusing more than 600 victims over the past 80 years.
• A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology.
• Twitter is continuing to bleed engineers and other workers after its new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice: either pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay.
• U.S. agriculture officials have proposed changes to the federal program that helps pay for fresh fruits and vegetables for low-income mothers and young children.
• In sports, the Titans strengthened their grip on the AFC South, Major League Baseball has named its MVPs, there is a logjam atop the NBA's Western Conference, and nobody can stop the NHL's two hottest teams.

On the original version of Hot off the Wire (posted Nov. 17 at 4 p.m. CT):

• House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she won't seek a leadership role in the new Congress. She plans to stay on as a member of Congress, having won reelection from her San Francisco district.
• In an Associated Press interview, Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she will remain focused on her post and not on growing national speculation she could mount a future presidential run.
• U.S. authorities say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent and a suspected smuggler died during a shootout Thursday morning off the Puerto Rico coast.
• WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a Russian penal colony.
• Oklahoma has executed a man for the torture killing of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son in 1993.
• Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief Allen Weisselberg choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he betrayed the Trump family’s trust by scheming to dodge taxes on $1.7 million in company-paid perks.
• Robert Clary, who played a prisoner of war in the TV sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. Clary sported a beret in his role as the feisty Corporal Louis LeBeau in “Hogan’s Heroes,” which aired from 1965 to 1971. He was 96.
• A federal judge in Florida has blocked the so-called “Stop Woke” act pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that restricts certain race-based conversations and analysis in colleges.
• The Federal Reserve may have to raise its benchmark interest rate much higher than many people expect to get inflation under control, said James Bullard, who leads the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
• Donald Trump's suspension from Facebook and Instagram will stand for now despite his candidacy for president.
• In an Associated Press interview, former Vice President Mike Pence declined to say whether he believes Donald Trump is fit to be president again. But he also says the American people are “looking for new leadership” — as he positions himself as a potential alternative.
• Six new floats will debut at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
• Small businesses that count on food-centric holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas are bracing for a difficult season due to soaring costs.

—The Associated Press