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From tourist centers to town squares, revelers across the world welcomed the new decade as they rang in the year 2020 Tuesday night. In New York City, nearly a million and a half people jammed Times Square to watch the traditional ball drop. Confetti fell fr…

Fireworks popped and confetti dropped as throngs of revelers cheer the start of 2020 in New York City's Times Square. Millions filled the city's top entertainment district to ring in the New Year. Follow us on Twitter: @WLTXFollow us on Facebook: @WLTXNews1…

Some countries have already rung in the new year, but across the U.S., cities are getting ready to say hello to 2020 in myriad strange ways. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images As the new year rolls across the globe first in independent Samoa, Tonga…

It’s New Year’s Eve and we’re counting down to the most venerable of holiday traditions — the Times Square ball drop to usher in 2020. Security is high for the iconic ball drop, with drones monitoring Times Square for the first time in its history, and thous…

Out with the old, in with the new. Tonight is New Years Eve, ushering out 2019 and welcoming 2020. While celebrations for the new year will take place across the country, one of the most well-known is the ball drop in New York Citys Times Square. Revelers …

When the clock hits midnight on Jan. 1, 2020, a new decade begins. As New Yorkers prepare for the ball to drop in Times Square and folks across the U.S. are going about their Tuesday activities, other cities worldwide are already celebrating New Year’s Eve. …

A record number of retail stores closed this year, capping off a decade of dramatic changes to consumer preferences as a result of online shopping that roiled the industry. Retailers announced more than 9,300 store closures this year, a 63 percent increase f…

Major New Year's celebrations kicked off around the world on Wednesday as a new day dawned in Asia and Oceania. January 1, 2020 marks not only the beginning of a new year but a new decade as well, adding an extra special significance to the day. Auckland, N…

Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett, who also hosts of the Food Network’s Halloween Wars and Holiday Wars, will return to the celebration as Times Square New Year’s Eve Host. Bennett previously served as the webcast host in 2016. Street correspondents Andrea B…

Stock markets mostly retreated Tuesday in shortened end-of-year sessions, but rose sharply overall in 2019 thanks to late surges on receding recession fears and easing China-US trade war tensions. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index closed down 0.6 percent fro…