Inside Edition for Thursday, January 1, 2026

We begin with an exclusive interview with the sunburned sisters whose airport meltdown went viral. It's definitely not a situation you want to run into during your holiday vacation. Two sisters. getting arrested after a gate agent told cops one of them pushed her down. The sisters speak about what they say really happened. And traveling during the holidays is hard enough - along with worrying about severe winter weather, and all the germs, there's this - trying to keep your suitcase from getting stolen. As Les Trent reports, just as the numbers of travelers have gone up, so have the number of thefts. Plus, pickleball peril - as the sport’s popularity continues to soar comes a warning. A new study by the American Medical Association finds more and more people are going to the ER with eye injuries. Alison Hall with what you need to know. And the U.S. Surgeon General recently issued a major new advisory warning that drinking alcohol can increase your risk of getting cancer. The news comes as "Dry January" - the challenge of giving up drinking for the first month of the New Year - is growing in popularity.