Morning Brief: January 18

For the next week, New York City is holding its first Restaurant Week of 2015. Restaurants around the five boroughs are holding a three-course lunch for $25 and dinner for $38. Here’s a guide that’ll help you find the best deals.

NEED TO KNOW

Americans in Iran Prisoner Swap Arrive in Germany [CNN]

4th Democratic Debate Transcript: Who Said What and What it Meant [Washington Post]

Mississippi's Child Welfare System Continues to Deteriorate [Daily Journal]

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in NYC [Metro]

Developer Reaches Settlements Over Luxury Buildings That Were Left Unfinished [New York Times]

WEATHER
31 degrees and mostly sunny [Full Forecast]

SPORTS

Yesterday
No local sports yesterday

Tonight
No local sports tonight

ON STAGE TONIGHT

Maceo Parker @ Blue Note Jazz Club

TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in 1977, scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.