Uninhabited Baker Island is among the last to see the new year, as 2026 takes 26 hours to roll across the globe.

UConn vs. Notre Dame is the headliner on Monday, but other important women's college basketball games include LSU vs. Oklahoma.

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Anti-government chants filled the streets of Iran's capital on Saturday night, as protesters pressed the biggest movement ...

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Kevin Jennings threw for 278 yards, highlighted by an 80-yard completion on a razzle-dazzle play on the second play from scrimmage, and SMU beat No. 21 Arizona 24-19 in the Holiday ...

NEW YORK — From Sydney to Paris to New York City, crowds rang in the new year with exuberant celebrations filled with thunderous fireworks or light shows, while others took a more subdued approach. As ...

If you're buying fireworks to ring in the new year, prepare to see an increase at the cash register. John Palmer is the owner of Pyro Penny's Fireworks and wholesales fireworks, too. " I mean, I've ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of families are starting the New Year without a home after a fire started at a southwest Houston apartment early Thursday ...

Two East Hawaii men accused of importing fireworks illegally to Hawaii and distributing them obtained most of the pyrotechnics from an unnamed business in Prescott, Wis. — a city at the confluence of ...

THE HAGUE, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Two people died in the Netherlands in fireworks accidents and there were scattered instances of violence as the country celebrated the New Year, and in a separate incident ...

Dozens of families are starting the New Year without a home after a fire started at a southwest Houston apartment early Thursday morning, according to the Houston Fire Department. HFD says ...

JAKARTA, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia's central government will support the plans of several regions to forgo fireworks while celebrating New Year this week in solidarity with the victims of recent ...