Morning Brief: Janurary 28

Today kicks off the New York Wild Film Festival on the Upper East Side. The city's home to all sorts of film festivals, but this is the first one to showcase documentary films about exploration, adventure and wildlife. The Silence of the Lambs director Jonathan Deme is being honored this year for is documentary called What's Motivating Hayes.

NEED TO KNOW

Russian Bombs Damage British-Funded Bakery Meant to Help 18,000 Syrians [Telegraph]

Three More Arrests in Oregon as Occupation Leader Says 'Go Home' [Reuters]

Slashings, Stabbings Up Across NYC Police Say [NBC New York]

MTA Bans Hoverboards from Subways and Stations [NY Daily News]

Jackson Heights Drug Bust Takes $14 Million of Heroin on the Streets [DNAinfo]

SPORTS

YESTERDAY

No local sports yesterday.

TODAY

The Knicks face the Raptors at 8.

WEATHER

Mostly sunny during the day then cloudy for the evening, 42/34 [Full Forecast]

ON STAGE TONIGHT

• Rayland Baxter w/ Margaret Glaspy @ Mercury Lounge

• Luther Dickinson w/ Sharde Thomas, Amy Lavere & Will Sexton @ City Winery

• Three Dog Night @ Bergen Performing Arts Center

• Buster Poindexter @ Cafe Carlyle

TODAY IN HISTORY

On this day in 1986, the Challenger space shuttle exploded.