The annual New Year's Eve ball drop in New York City's Times Square has arrived just as the year prior began, with the pandemic clouding an already uncertain future NEW YORK -- New York City welcomed the new year — and bid good riddance to 2021 — as confetti

Turns out that O.J. Simpson was both a fan and friend of Betty White, who he said was catnip to his two felines. The two were neighbors, with Simpson living at his now notorious Brentwood, Calif., estate — when his missing cats repeatedly turned up at White’s

(CNN) Six people were injured after multiple shooters fired 87 shots during an incident in a Philadelphia neighborhood, police said. The exact number of shooters has not been determined. Police, who did not provide details on the circumstances, said Friday

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police officer’s skull was broken when he was shot Saturday while sleeping in his personal vehicle between shifts, but he is expected to fully recover, the city’s new police commissioner said, calling the officer “lucky.” Commissioner

Americans ushered in 2022 with exploding COVID-19 cases, cancelled flights and quickly-filling hospital beds once again as the pandemic dragged into another calendar year. Some of the year's most notable achievements against COVID-19 – vaccines and other treatments

Six people were injured during a shooting Friday at a grocery store in South Los Angeles, officials said. The incident happened at the strip mall at 10211 S. Avalon Blvd, outside the Superior Grocers, ABC 7 reported. Aerial video footage showed the store

Democrats and liberal media activists claiming Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis was "inexplicably missing" were the ones missing the fact DeSantis was in the office every day and was attending to his wife Casey's cancer treatments, according to his press secretary. "Churnalism,"

At his funeral, Tutu is remembered for helping end apartheid and championing rights Enlarge this image toggle caption Nic Bothma/Pool Photo via AP Nic Bothma/Pool Photo via AP CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has been remembered

Another round of severe storms that authorities warned might become tornadoes ripped through Kentucky and other areas of the southeast on Saturday, resulting in significant damage in some areas. Several tornado-warned storms hit areas in Kentucky that were

ATLANTA (AP) — Dan Reeves, who won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career that included four blowout losses in the title game with the Denver Broncos and the Atlanta Falcons, died Saturday. He was 77. A

“Chief Justice Roberts is taking a page from his old playbook: acknowledging institutional challenges in the judiciary but telling the public that only we judges can fix them,” Mr. Roth said. “Yet the problems of overlooked financial conflicts and sexual harassment

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y., got a Twitter roast to welcome in 2022 after she claimed "sexual frustrations" are why Republicans are so focused on her. The "Squad" congresswoman erupted on critics online after she was photographed dining in Miami

Alabama running back Brian Robinson Jr. may have been flying too high after his performance in Friday night’s College Football Playoff semifinal win over Cincinnati. Robinson had 204 rushing yards in Alabama’s 27-6 victory. He had a bold prediction for the

(CNN) At least two people are missing after a horrific wildfire tore through Boulder, County, Colorado, Thursday, leveling whole subdivisions and charring more than 6,000 acres. "We have two missing people still," Boulder Office of Emergency Management spokesperson

Joe Biden hasn’t been doing well in general with his vaccine mandates in the courts. Biden was handed yet another loss Friday evening, when a federal judge ruled against his vaccine and mask mandates for the Head Start programs in Texas. Biden had been trying

The year of 2021 ended as one of the most violent on record in Chicago, as a rise in the number of shootings left more people dead than in any single year in a quarter century, according to statistics released by the police department on Saturday. According

At the party meeting that ended on Friday, Mr. Kim pledged to “increase the agricultural production and completely solve the food problem,” specifying production goals “to be attained phase by phase in the coming 10 years,” the North’s Korean Central News Agency

President Biden doubled down on his threat to slap sanctions on Russia if the country doesn’t cool its tensions with Ukraine. Mr. Biden told reporters Friday that the U.S. is willing to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin on his concerns about

Airlines have canceled thousands of flights amid a perfect storm of skyrocketing omicron cases and severe winter weather. More than 4,261 flights globally have been canceled as of Saturday, according to FlightAware. More than 2,400 of those cancellations were

Several people were reportedly stuck on the Sandia Peak Tramway in Albuquerque, New Mexico, because of icy weather conditions on Friday, according to KRQE. “According to General Manager Michael Donovan, moisture and winds caused icing to occur on the tramline,

SRINAGAR, Kashmir — At least 12 people were killed and more than a dozen were injured in a stampede early Saturday near the city of Jammu in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir, as thousands of devotees were paying obeisance at a famous Hindu shrine to

College students have had to deal with constant uncertainty over the last 20 months as the coronavirus pandemic upended campus life by pushing classes online and canceling social activities. The most recent fall semester gave the first glimpse of a somewhat

About seven million gallons of untreated sewage have spilled into a flood-control waterway in Los Angeles County since Thursday afternoon, prompting at least five beaches to close, an official with the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts said. “It is a

Hundreds of Colorado residents who had expected to ring in 2022 in their homes are instead starting off the new year trying to salvage what remains of them after a wind-whipped wildfire tore through the Denver suburbs SUPERIOR, Colo. -- Hundreds of Colorado