Panama City Beach's New Year's Eve Beach Ball Drop ranked No. 8 in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards. The event features two separate beach ball drops, one at 8 p.m. for families and the ...

This New Year's Eve celebration will look different. Normally, every year, New Yorkers will gather in Times Square on New Year's Eve to watch the Constellation Ball drop from the iconic One Times ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The ball drop in New York City this year will bring in a monumental year for the nation with 2026 marking the 250th anniversary of ...

LUDINGTON, MI – Can this small town in Northern Michigan claim the best New Year’s Eve ball drop title twice in a row? That’s up to USA Today readers. Ludington has been nominated for USA Today’s ...

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It’s out with the old and in with the new in Times Square this year as the famous New Year’s Eve ball drop rings in 2026 with a dazzling new ball — the largest in the history of an event that started ...

For millions of people, the year 2026 will begin once a crystal-covered ball, 12.5 feet in diameter, makes its descent in New York City's Times Square. New York Times owner Adolph Ochs organized the ...