I could not agree more with the observations of your columnist Miranda Green in her piece about the shortcomings of the Duolingo language-learning app (“Duolingo’s nagging owl leaves us with nowhere ...

Stunning Allanna Hennessy made national headlines in 1995 by becoming the first baby born in Ireland that year.

When the clock strikes midnight, Jan. 1, some people cheer. Others crawl under a table to shove 12 grapes in their mouths in ...

Laws hiking taxes and adding regulations are set to take effect in states across the country in the New Year, from New York to California and the District of Columbia to Colorado.

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Britain saw in 2025 with a series of spectacular fireworks displays – despite weather warnings threatening celebrations. Thousands of people lined the banks of the River Thames as London defied ...

In the final seconds before a new year, hundreds of thousands of visitors on the Las Vegas Strip joined the countdown. They ...

New York City barflies and dancefloor divas who wanted a New Year’s Eve night on the town – and to still be in bed before midnight ... Shorr said. “One couple told me that ‘this ...

“One minute to midnight / One minute to go,” Crosby sings. “Let’s start the new year right / … / Let’s begin / Kissing the old year out / Kissing the new year in.” After ...

More than one million people gathered at Sydney Harbour for celebrations and an annual fireworks display which featured a ...

Spaniards believe so, and at midnight on ... all before the first minute of the year passes. The 12 grapes, which stand for the months of the year, need to be eaten one by one before the clock ...

“And it was lowered by hand … starting at one minute to midnight, and that was the way it was done for many years.” “It was an adaptation of an old, useful thing,” she added. “It was ...