Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Friday, January 16th, 2026. And we begin with

the legendary tennis coach who trained Venus and Serena now betting on a nine-year-old. Rick Massey,

who guided the Williams sisters to greatness, claims Vlada Haranchar, a youngster who recently

arrived in the U.S. from war-torn Ukraine, will one day be the best

player in the world. To support his claim, Massey credits her unmatched focus and work ethic,

drawing comparisons to the Williams sisters at the same age. He told CNN Sports she is the

hardest worker he's ever coached in his life.

Vlada starts her practices at 5 a.m. seven days a week, working on her tennis skills before hitting the books around 3 p.m. Somehow, she also finds time to be a kid and enjoys going to the

movies and water parks with her friends. A tree older than the United States is coming down.

Next Tuesday, workers in Kansas City will begin chopping down a 250-year-old massive burr oak,

known as Frank the Liberty Tree, after years of disease, decay, and a lightning strike made it unsafe to leave it standing.

Frank has been a fixture in town since before the Revolutionary War and before Kansas City was a town.

As neighbors say their goodbyes and share fond memories of the once thriving landmark,

strangers from across the country are angling for a keepsake.

According to a local news outlet, some of Frank's bark will be used to make coasters and cutting boards.

There's also talk of crafting a memorial bench for the spot where Frank once stood.

Horses can smell when you're scared.

Scientists at a public research institute in France conducted a rather

unusual experiment to see if human fear was contagious. In the study, volunteers watched scenes from both

happy movies and horror films. Researchers then collected a little of the volunteers sweat, and one

type at a time put the samples to the horse's muzzle.

Happy sweat didn't cause much of a reaction, but fear sweat?

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