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Rev. Candace McKibben describes a Wakulla River paddle where she and her husband watched manatees and reflected on the winter shoreline, and she also reports recent road deaths of black bears that were called in to wildlife authorities.

Usha and JD Vance announced they are expecting their fourth child, a boy due in late July, and said Usha and the baby are doing well. Experts note that at age 40 she is considered to have advanced maternal age, which is reported as carrying higher risks such as preeclampsia, miscarriage and preterm labor.

United Way of Lancaster County launched Community Connect 2026 to list volunteer-ready organizations that offer low-barrier opportunities, and it is also recruiting VITA scheduler volunteers to support tax-season appointments through April 15.

Four Artemis II astronauts have begun a 14-day health stabilization quarantine in Houston while NASA prepares a wet dress rehearsal for the SLS ahead of a tentative Feb. 6 launch.

University researchers report that a specific phase of tungsten carbide enabled hydrocracking of polypropylene with more than tenfold laboratory efficiency compared with platinum, and they developed reactor and optical temperature methods to control phases and measure catalyst surface temperatures.

Storm Goretti struck on 8 January and flattened thousands of trees across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; estates and conservation bodies report hundreds of losses at individual sites and are planning recovery and replanting.

Retired NASA astronaut Sunita Williams met actor Prakash Raj at the Kerala Literature Festival; Prakash Raj shared a selfie from the event and Williams's speech about seeing Earth as one planet went viral.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office will hold its first 'Hop with a Cop' at Sky Zone on Jan. 28 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., where children can jump alongside deputies. The first 50 children receive free jump time and discounted rates are available for others.

Quizzes such as Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn's Sexual Profile, the Erotic Blueprint and Ferly's Turn Yourself On are being used to give people language for sexual preferences, and experts say labels can help communication while also carrying stigma or becoming overly rigid.

Ali Fedotowsky-Manno said a recent follow-up ultrasound found a spot on her husband Kevin Manno’s remaining thyroid that they plan to monitor; Kevin had half of his thyroid removed after a 2025 diagnosis and was previously reported as cancer-free.

Woodrow Wilson Foster Jr., 77, a Vietnam veteran and local craftsman from Sylacauga, Alabama, died January 15, 2026; a celebration of life is scheduled for January 24, 2026 at Community Funeral Home Chapel.

Trustee Arnie Clebone said Mercy Health opened a 61,900-square-foot behavioral health facility in December, and Trumbull County awarded the township a $450,000 American Rescue Plan grant to improve Center Park.

A Louisville fifth-grade teacher was indicted on multiple charges, including first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy of a child under 12; she pleaded not guilty and is due back in court Monday.

Federal prosecutors filed a complaint accusing the head of an LA homeless nonprofit of diverting public housing funds and spending at least $10 million on personal items and a property.

UAH women's basketball defeated West Florida 79-67 to extend its winning streak to 17 and improve to 18-3, with Bella White recording 13 points and 12 assists.

Hancock High's boys and girls golf teams were presented state championship rings Friday after their 2025 titles, and the program honored the late freshman Rowdy Foster with jerseys and a painting.

On the night Michigan raised Trey Burke's jersey at Crisler Center, the Wolverines rallied in the second half to defeat Ohio State 74-62, paced by Yaxel Lendeborg and strong team rebounding.

Officers from Granville, Monson, Agawam and West Springfield served at a Tip-A-Cop fundraiser at Longhorn Steakhouse to support local Special Olympics athletes; Longhorn plans another fundraising event in June 2026.

Using Webb's MIRI instrument to observe protostar EC 53, researchers report that crystalline silicates form in the hot inner protoplanetary disk and are carried outward by episodic outflows, offering an explanation for their presence in cold comets.

Michigan cherry growers are installing nesting boxes to attract American kestrels, and research and farmers report lower bird damage and reduced contamination risks such as Campylobacter.

Dan O'Connor, known as the 'Great Lake Jumper,' has entered Lake Michigan every morning for about five and a half years and has logged 2,049 jumps. Medical professionals reported that extreme cold can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 10 minutes.

At the world premiere of Josephine at Sundance, Channing Tatum said he "cried five, six, seven times" while watching the film, and the screening drew standing ovations for director Beth de Araújo and the cast.

The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office said the county partners with two agencies to provide warming shelter options during significantly cold weather. Officials provided contact numbers for Brunswick Christian Recovery Centers and Brunswick Partnership for Housing.

Filmmaker James Cameron told an interview he moved to New Zealand for his "sanity" and praised its high COVID-19 vaccination rates while criticizing U.S. polarization; a CDC report noted just over 17% of U.S. adults had the 2025-26 COVID shot as of Jan. 16.

After more than a year of measles outbreaks that have sickened over 2,400 people, the United States is poised to lose its measles elimination status; CDC principal deputy Ralph Abraham said he was unbothered, and the agency is completing genomic analyses before the Pan American Health Organization decides.

South Carolina's Department of Public Health reported 54 new measles cases in three days, bringing the Upstate outbreak to 700 cases centered in Spartanburg County, and the CDC has recorded 416 U.S. measles cases so far in 2026; the Pan American Health Organization invited the United States and Mexico to a virtual meeting on April 13 to review elimination status.

Detroit and the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation launched the Detroit Small Business Technology Fund to award $1,000 grants to 140 Detroit-based microbusinesses for hardware, software and emerging technology purchases.

Researchers released the first atlas of lysosomal proteins across major brain cell types, cataloging 790 proteins and identifying links between some proteins and conditions such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and an SLC45A1-associated disorder; the data are publicly available.

A coalition led by the Gates Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation and Wellcome is awarding $60 million through the Gram‑Negative Antibiotic Discovery Innovator (Gr‑ADI) to research teams in 17 countries to support discovery of new antibiotics for gram‑negative bacteria; more than 500 proposals were submitted.

Rabbi Shalom Lubin donated early materials from Congregation Shaya Ahavat Torah in Parsippany to the Jewish Historical Society of Greater MetroWest. The society preserves regional Jewish stories and makes archival materials available for research and understanding.