Taiwanese manufacturerFoxconn announces that the company is reconsidering their plan to manufactureLCD panels in a promisedWisconsin plant because of a changed global marketplace, and the high cost ofUnited States labor. Foxconn said, earlier in January, that it still planned to create 13,000 jobs in Wisconsin. The State of Wisconsin pledged subsidies worth more than $3bn.(BBC News)(Reuters)
Several hundred flights are cancelled inChicago amidst an extreme cold wave bringing temperatures of −22 °F (−30 °C) to the region.Amtrak,Metra andSouth Shore Line have also cancelled services.(WBBM-TV)(NBC News)
Ten deaths have been reported across the midwest due to the record breaking low temperatures.(NBC News)
Suspicious items, later discovered to be incendiary devices, are found near a police station inEugene, Oregon. An investigation is ongoing.(KVAL),(KEZI)
Canada announces that it will withdraw half of its embassy staff inCuba following the fourteenth confirmed illness since 2017 of a Canadian diplomat in the country.(BBC News)
AnIsraeli team of scientists claim to have developed a cure for cancer. This claim is criticized by other scientists, who say it is likely faked.(Times of Israel)
