New Year's

World News

As the world marks New Year's Eve, celebrations are muted by omicron

9:45pm December 31, 2021

by The Associated Press

In many places, New Year's Eve celebrations were muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

Icy Mist Causes Massive Traffic Jams In North Carolina Mountains

1:22pm January 01, 2018

by Associated Press

Light rain and mist and temperatures below freezing turned New Year's Eve into an icy mess across much of the North Carolina mountains.

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2017.

New Year's Celebrations Kick Off Across The Globe

3:41pm December 31, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

People in major cities around the world marked the end of 2017 with fireworks displays and other celebrations. Samoa, Christmas Island and New Zealand were among the first to celebrate 2018.

Crowds will gather again for New Year's Eve celebrations in New York's Times Square, but Twitter has other suggestions for midnight entertainment.

National

Twitter Wants To Help You Welcome 2018 With One Climactic Musical Moment

8:12am December 31, 2017

A viral tweet from Phil Collins suggests people cue up his song "In the Air Tonight" so the iconic drum fill rings out at midnight. The Twitterverse offered up plenty of other musical suggestions.

Pasta Carbonara is made with spaghetti, eggs, cheese and pork.

Bacon, Eggs, Cheese — And Spaghetti? The Italian Twist On A Hangover Cure

7:00am January 01, 2017

by Deena Prichep

This New Year's day, consider a bowl of pasta carbonara for a hangover fix. Made with spaghetti, eggs, cheese and pork, some say it's just as effective as bacon, egg and cheese on toast.

"Lechon," or roasted pig, is often served at Philippine festivities, especially during Christmas and New Year's celebrations.

Luck Be A Lentil Tonight! What The World Eats To Welcome The New Year

5:46pm December 31, 2014

by Kristofor Husted

From Italy to Japan to the Philippines, people will hope for happiness, health and wealth as they sit down to a New Year's meal. Sometimes that last wish is expressed as actual money in the food.