‘United We Serve’: Biden-Harris team celebrating MLK Day with evening of music, speakers
The MLK National Day of Service will be followed by an hour-long event Monday evening filled with music and inspiring speakers, planned by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.
Reflect on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s legacy with enlightening documentaries on Tubi
Tubi is offering curated content to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Target to close stores on Thanksgiving Day 2021 after 'strong' 2020 holiday season
Target will close its stores on Thanksgiving Day 2021, saying customers redefined the holiday shopping season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Savannah cancels St. Patrick's Day Day over rising COVID-19 cases
For the second year in a row, Savannah, Georgia will not host its famous St. Patrick's Day parade.
NYC sheriff shuts down illegal New Year's parties
Sheriff's deputies raided an illegal bottle club in Queens and an illegal gathering in Soho.
Nursing home celebrates New Year's Day with vaccinations
The Daughters of Israel skilled nursing facility in West Orange received doses of the vaccine.
Astronauts ring in New Year with zero-gravity 'ball drop' in space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station had their own New Year’s Eve celebration, complete with a zero-gravity "ball drop" to ring in 2021.
Gingerbread house artist gets back to work New Year's Day
Jon Lovitch, a gingerbread house artist based out of his basement in Forest Hills, gets cracking for the next holiday season by New Year's Day.
Empty streets, eerie quiet mark start of 2021 in Times Square
Gone were the revelry and shoulder-to-shoulder crowds that typify Times Square on New Year's Eve.
New Year's revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020
New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.
New Year's Eve: A look at celebrations around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic
This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget with made-for-TV fireworks displays or packing it in early since they could not toast the end of 2020 in the presence of friends or crowds of carousing strangers.
Pope Francis misses Vatican New Year's ceremonies due to back pain
Francis was suffering from "painful sciatica" and could not preside at an hour-long, year-end prayer service Thursday evening, spokesman Matteo Bruni said.
'Noon Year’s Eve': Toast new year before midnight with these ideas
Don’t want to stay up till midnight on New Year’s Eve? Families, early sleepers and those wanting to social distance might consider a midday celebration for December 31.
As 2020 finally ends, pandemic mutes New Year's celebrations
Pandemic restrictions are limiting crowds in many places as people bid farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget.
New Year's Eve celebrations toned down worldwide
The coronavirus scourge that dominated the year is also looming over New Year's festivities and forcing officials worldwide to tone them down.
Guinness US brewery releasing mystery beer on New Year's Eve
The brewery will be ringing in the New Year when midnight hits in Ireland.
Combat veteran, 9/11 first responder gets kidney from his niece
A long-time public servant on Long Island has something special to celebrate this holiday season, as he received a life-saving organ transplant.
Ryan Seacrest to interview Joe and Jill Biden on 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'
The president-elect and the future first lady will be special guests on Ryan Seacrest's New Year's Eve celebration. Jennifer Lopez will be the musical headliner.
Record 39 holiday songs dominate Billboard Hot 100
Holiday songs filled nine of the Top 10 slots, with artists of yesteryear and modern pop stars among the list of 39.
Workers install 192 crystals on Times Square New Year's ball
Workers have installed 192 new glittering Waterford crystal triangles on Times Square's New Year's Eve ball in preparation for a pandemic-limited celebration.