Those viewing the ball drop this year will be in for a special treat. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve 2025, the Times Square ball will not only drop once, but twice. This is because ...

For the first time ever, New York’s venerable New Year’s Eve ball drop, a Times Square spectacle every year since 1907, will happen twice in a single year. The Constellation Ball, the ninth and ...

The New York Times started the tradition in 1907, and this year’s ball drop will be a reminder that The Times played a role in making New Year’s Eve what it is. By James Barron In just a few hours, a ...

The annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square will feature more red, white and blue this year. Keeping with tradition, the Constellation Ball will drop from the One Times Square building, ...

A billboard that popped up in Times Square proclaiming “Jesus is Palestinian” was slammed by onlookers as an inflammatory and divisive prop that does nothing more than “stir the pot” at Christmas. The ...

We have a look back at the most powerful photographs that Times journalists captured in 2025. By Dionne Searcey A president returned to power in America. Wildfires ravaged populated neighborhoods of ...

The countdown to 2026 has begun and preparations are in full swing. On Monday, Dec. 29, multicolored confetti was dropped from the Planet Fitness Center Stage at Times Square in New York in ...

Organizers of the New Year’s Eve Times Square Ball Drop are getting in the revolutionary spirit for 2026. The Post has learned that on July 3, for the first time since the tradition began on New ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Thousands of people braved frigid temperatures in Times Square to celebrate and witness the dropping of the ball at midnight to welcome 2026! Revelers wearing tall celebratory ...

The Russian deputy prime minister noted that this year, despite ongoing uncertainty in the global economy, trade wars, and unprecedented sanctions pressure, the Russian economy has demonstrated ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Americans face a growing “epidemic of loneliness,” with fewer friends, less civic participation and eroding trust ...

For the first time in the tradition’s 120-year history, a second celebration will take place immediately after the Times Square ball drops on New Year's Eve. At around 12:04 a.m., the Constellation ...