1. North Korea’s state-run media says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong Un’s is the “spasm of a lunatic”
North Korea’s state-run media says U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweet about having a bigger nuclear button than Kim Jong Un’s is the “spasm of a lunatic”
— Sky News Newsdesk (@SkyNewsBreak) January 16, 2018
2. A severe influenza outbreak has spread to all the US states except Hawaii (and the District of Columbia), according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts say that this year’s flu season started much earlier than expected. Maine peaked late, which doctors say is normal. The state only reaching that ‘widespread’ status on Friday. With 53 Mainers hospitalized for the flu just a week into the new year, the prognosis isn’t looking good. Dr. Valenti at Main Medical Center says Portland’s numbers are hovering around normal-to-high right now, but that doesn’t reflect the rest of the state. He says the reason for the outbreak might be partially due to this year’s vaccine. “[It] wasn’t as good as we hoped,” he said, explaining that the vaccine didn’t match up with this year’s popular strand of influenza. (NCM)
3. A recent study concluded that lobsters feel pain resulting in Switzerland banning the crustacean from being boiled alive. (Twitter)
4. Retailers are already selling ‘I survived the Hawaii ballistic missile’ shirts. (Twitter)
5. Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey, guaranteed that his team would win an NFL title after upsetting the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. “We are going to the Super Bowl and we are going to win that b**ch,” he told fans at EverBank Field in Jacksonville after returning home from Pennsylvania. In order to win their first Super Bowl, the Jacksonville Jaguars must first defeat the New England Patriots on the road before potentially taking on the Minnesota Vikings on their home field in Minneapolis. (ESPN)
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