Morning Brief: January 30

A festival of South African art is part of Carnegie Hall's next season. [More information]

WEATHER
Sunny today, and mostly clear tonight. [Full forecast]

NEED TO KNOW
Police arrest a Queens man after a journalist was attacked in Midtown. [New York Times]

NYPD commander blames pedestrians for accidents. [New York Post]

Cruise ship sick toll nears 700 as it returns to New Jersey. [Associated Press]

Mother, daughter beaten to death with hammer in Queens. [Wall Street Journal]

SPORTS
Cleveland Cavaliers at Knicks; 8p.m.

ON STAGE TONIGHT
FOX Sports 1's Thursday Night Super Bash ft. Kings of Leon; 8p.m. at Highline Stages [More]

TODAY'S HISTORY
1841: A fire destroys most of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.