Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Thursday, January 15th, 2026. And we begin with

another falling iguana warning for Floridians. After a January thaw that brought warm weather to much of

the country, a polar vortex pattern is moving in. According to the National Weather Service,

frigid air is expected to hit the eastern seaboard today and tomorrow,

with temperatures dropping to 10 to 20 degrees below average.

That includes parts of the sunshine state, where lows of 29 degrees near Tampa tomorrow morning,

means the muscles of the little lizards may lock up so much that they drop from the trees.

Forecasters say the cold will hit in three waves with the worst due to arrive next week,

with possible sub-zero temperatures affecting about 40 million people from Minnesota to Maine.

All of this comes as, according to the Washington Post,

the nation is experiencing one of its warmest winters,

likely because the West has seen temperatures well above average offsetting the cold in the Midwest and

northeast.

Nike is getting in on a new court craze.

Teenager and number one ranked player, Anna Lee Waters, became the first

professional pickleballer to join Nike's roster of athletes by signing with the company this week.

The terms of the deal have not been released, but the 18-year-old, who turned pro at age 12,

already earns roughly $2 million a year from the United Pickleball Association, according to USA Today.

Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the U.S., with the Sports and Fitness Industry Association

reporting a 311% increase in participation between 2022 and 2024 and 24, and continual growth since then. Anna is expected to debut her new Nike

apparel at the Carvana Masters Tournament in Rancho Mirage, California this weekend.

It's a stamp that packs a punch. Mohamed Ali, the most famous boxer of all time, is being honored today with two commemorative U.S. postage stamps.

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