NEW YORK -- Away from the crowds of the New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, New York City typically rings in the new year with fireworks displays from Central Park to Coney Island. But for 2025, ...

And no one does it better than New York City. Back in 1997, KOCO 5 spoke with Dick Clark about what makes New Year's Eve so special. "You know, it's a strange thing in Times Square sometime later ...

New York City’s Times Square tradition to drop the ball on New Year's Eve began in 1904, but back then it was with fireworks and dynamite.

The first NYE countdown can arguably be traced to the final seconds of 1957, when prominent radio correspondent Ben Grauer counted down the New Year’s Eve ball drop in New York City’s Times Square, ...

New Zealand is set to welcome 2025 in about two hours, 18 hours before New York City. In Auckland, the country’s largest city ...