New Year's Eve 59 mins ago

New Year's Eve 2024: How to watch the ball drop live from Times Square

It’s almost time to say goodbye to 2024 and say hello to 2025. All eyes will be on Times Square in the heart of New York City as thousands gather to celebrate the start of the new year as the co...

  • Laws 11 hours ago

    These NY and NJ laws will take effect in 2025

    Here’s a review of some of the most impactful pieces of legislation taking effect in 2024, affecting everything from health and salary.

  • Bronx 11 hours ago

    12-year-old girl, 5 others shot in the Bronx as police search for suspects

    Six people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot Monday afternoon in the Bronx, according to the NYPD. In addition to the girl, her mother and four men sustained gunshot wounds and are being treated at a local hospital, police said. The shooting happened just before 5 p.m. at 3544 White Plains Road. Police officials said one of the intended targ...
  • The daily toll for entering Midtown and lower Manhattan by car will be $9 rather than the original planned toll of $15 for at least three years, at which point it will be reassessed. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
    Congestion pricing 19 hours ago

    Congestion pricing set to start as planned Sunday after ruling in final lawsuit: MTA

    With just days to go before the nation’s first congestion toll begins in New York City, the pricing plan may have passed its final hurdle in a ruling from a U.S. district court who heard a suit from the state of New Jersey on environmental grounds, according to the MTA. But an attorney for the state of New Jersey...

  • Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Adonai Mitchell (10) runs with the ball after a catch during a game between New York Giants and Indianapolis Colts at MetLife Stadium on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024.
    New York Giants Dec 30

    Giants beat the Colts but lost the coveted No. 1 draft pick

    The New York Giants lost by winning. A rare victory — 45-33 over the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday — knocked the Giants out of control for the coveted No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. So much for Shedeur Sanders’ Giants-themed cleats unless New York trades up to get the Colorado quarterback. The Giants dropped from first to fourth...

  • Puerto Rico 8 hours ago

    No power: Puerto Rico faces New Year's Eve blackout

     A blackout hit nearly all of Puerto Rico early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate New Year’s, leaving more than 1.3 million clients in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The outage hit at dawn, plunging the island into an eerie silence as electrical appliances and air conditioners shut......
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    Manhattan Dec 30

    Man slashed on Midtown subway platform

    A man is recovering Monday morning after being slashed overnight on a subway platform in midtown Manhattan, according to police. The 48-year-old victim was slashed in his neck with a knife on the northbound C train platform at the 50th Street C/E subway station around 1:45 a.m., police said. The NYPD said it was able to arrest a suspect...

  • Storm Team 4 11 hours ago

    New Year's Eve revelers can expect a wet, warm night at ball drop

    Hey New York, you’re in for a rainy end to 2024. For most of the day leading up to the big New Year’s Eve festivities, the weather will actually be quite nice. In fact, we’ll see a good amount of sunshine Tuesday morning. From morning runs to last minute trips to the grocery store, weather will cooperate nicely –...

  • New Jersey Dec 30

    I-80 eastbound reopens in New Jersey after sinkhole repairs

    Interstate 80 eastbound in Wharton, New Jersey has reopened days after a sinkhole opened up on the right shoulder. New Jersey Department of Transportation crews worked around the clock on repairs since the sinkhole was first discovered on Dec. 26. Crews discovered the sinkhole was caused by the collapse of an abandoned mineshaft according to NJDOT....
  • Members of the Guardian Angels participate in a safety patrol at a subway stop for preventing crime June 11, 2021 in New York, New York. The citizen law enforcement group, formed in 1979 to help combat violence and crime on the city’s subway system, had stepped up their patrol due to the rising number of hate crimes against Asian communities after the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the city last year. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    New York City Dec 30

    Guardian Angels revive subway patrols following deadly Brooklyn arson

    Adorned in their recognizable head-to-toe red, the Guardian Angels say they have resumed citizen patrols of New York City’s subway system in the wake of a particularly violent death. The volunteer patrol group, led by former mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa, will deploy teams of three across the transit system to move throughout the subway cars...
  • FILE – The northern lights flare in the sky over a farmhouse, May 10, 2024, in Brunswick, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
    Weather Dec 30

    Northern lights could be visible in upper fringes of the US this New Year's Eve

    There’s a chance solar storms may bring northern lights to several northern U.S states just in time for the new year. The sun expelled a burst of plasma Sunday that’s hurtling toward Earth and is expected to arrive sometime Monday, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Once it arrives, it may spark color...
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    Holidays Dec 30

    Is the stock market open on New Year's Eve? Holiday closures to know

    The bond market in the United States is open for a shortened trading day on New Year’s Eve, but the stock market is open regular hours. Both are closed on New Year’s Day. Traders and investors will be taking the day off Wednesday, before normal trading resumes Thursday. Will the stock market be open on New Year’s Eve? The......
  • Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Georgia on April 28, 2019.
    Jimmy Carter Dec 29

    Habitat for Humanity, NY leaders honor life and legacy of Jimmy Carter

    New York and New Jersey honored the life and legacy of the longest-living president, Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. Carter died in the afternoon at his longtime Georgia home where he had been receiving hospice care this Feb. 2023. “Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia...
  • FILE PHOTO: NEW YORK, UNITED STATES – JULY 04: Independence day of USA is celebrated with fireworks near the Empire State building in New York, United States on July 04, 2023. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
    Jimmy Carter Dec 29

    Empire State Building to shine red, white and blue for Jimmy Carter

    The Empire State Building will shine in red, white and blue colors Sunday night as the nation mourns the passing of Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. “Tonight we will shine in Red White and Blue to honor the life and legacy of President Jimmy Carter,” a post on the Empire State Building account on X read…....
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