From the original version of Hot off the Wire (posted Jan. 13 at 2 p.m. CT):
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has notified Congress that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to “extraordinary measures” to avoid default.
Forecasters say rain-soaked California will see several more rounds of stormy weather through the weekend and into next week.
Rescuers are racing to find survivors in the aftermath of a deadly storm system that barreled across parts of Georgia and Alabama.
Oklahoma authorities searching for a 4-year-old girl say a second person has been arrested in connection with her disappearance.
Actor Ezra Miller is going to spend the next year on probation and continue with mental health treatment after they pleaded guilty to a trespassing charge at a Vermont home.
Donald Trump’s company has been fined $1.6 million as punishment for a scheme in which some of his executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks.
The U.S. has now collected 510 reports of unidentified flying objects, many of which are flying in sensitive military airspace. That's according to a declassified intelligence report summary released Thursday.
The official start date of the 2023 tax filing season is Jan. 23, when the IRS will begin accepting and processing 2022 returns.