Louise Schiavone

Governor Morrissey spoke to ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will have a new acting chief starting in December.

NPR's Michael Copley reports the shakeup comes ahead of a report that's expected to recommend sweeping changes at the department that manages federal disaster response.

Just before a second round of peace talks, Russia hit Kyiv with drone and missile attacks, according to officials in Kyiv.

They say dozens were hurt and at least two people were killed.

Ukraine says it is committed to negotiating a ceasefire based on the latest U.S.

proposal.

NPR's Eller Beersley reports that Kyiv is under intense pressure from all sides.

In Hong Kong, the death toll is now at 128 after firefighters located dozens more bodies in a massive apartment complex fire.

Authorities say fire alarms did not sound.

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President Trump plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, a convicted drug trafficker also charged with weapons crimes, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

Trump announced his intentions on social media, stating that, quote, According to many people I greatly respect, Hernandez was treated harshly and unfairly.

Hernandez had served two terms as the leader of Honduras.

One of Colorado's largest ski resorts delayed its slated Thanksgiving opening due to unusually mild weather.

Colorado Public Radio's Steena Sieg reports that Beaver Creek Resort has not set a new date.

Ski trails are open in parts of New England where there was some early snow.

And across the northern states, the National Weather Service is forecasting heavy lake effect snow near the Great Lakes with a major winter storm expected to deliver snow and high winds from the eastern plains to the western Great Lakes.

I'm Louise Schiavone and PR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.