Balloon drop pulls Lego display onto New Year’s Eve arcade revelers in Massachusetts, injuring 10
A Lego display at a crowded Massachusetts arcade collapsed Tuesday afternoon when an employee caused a New Year's balloon to fall, injuring 10 people and sending eight of them to the hospital. The shocking accident, caught on camera during the “Happy Noon Years” event at In the Game on Lowell Street in Peabody, Massachusetts, stunned […]
US credit card defaults soar to highest level in 14 years
Experts are sounding the alarm over a new report showing that credit card loan defaults have skyrocketed this year, warning that the dam of American consumer debt at a record high is bursting. In the first nine months of 2024, lenders wrote off more than $46 billion in seriously delinquent credit card loans, according to […]
A New Year’s resolution for every American man: Learn to fight
The new year has arrived and it's that time of year when people make vague resolutions about becoming better, healthier, and more respectable. But these goals lack clarity and purpose, so few people follow through. Let me offer something concrete, transformative, and essential to the men reading this. It's about learning how to fight. Growing […]
Top New Year’s Eve cities to celebrate in US: Did yours make the list?
A new study reveals which American cities are the best places to ring in the New Year, and some spots may surprise you. WalletHub released its list of the most fun and affordable cities in the United States after conducting research across all 50 states in the categories of entertainment and dining, cost, safety, and […]
Euro Capitals Brace For New Year’s as Riots Feared
Germany, a multicultural nation with a history of extreme New Year's Eve violence, including the horrific Cologne mass sexual assault, is bracing for violence tonight by deploying thousands of emergency workers. Following years of violence, including attacks on firefighters rushing to extinguish deliberately set fires in notoriously “sensitive” areas in 2016, European capitals such as […]
Will Netflix Have a New Year’s Eve Countdown For 2025?
Throw away the old and bring in the new! Only a few hours left until 2025. If you want to celebrate the end of 2024 with New Year's Eve countdown action, Decider has you covered. Once again on the Times Square website, free countdown live streamABC, CNN, and CBS are airing traditional NYE specials. Dick […]
Puerto Rico Crippled by Mass Power Outage on New Year’s Eve
Power outages plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness early Tuesday as the U.S. territory prepared for New Year's celebrations. The power outage has left more than 1.2 million of the island's 1.47 million customers in the dark, with local officials baffled as they say it could take up to two days to restore power. […]
Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Almost all of Puerto Rico was hit by a power outage early Tuesday morning, as the U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the new year, leaving more than 1.3 million customers in the dark. Officials said it could take up to two days to restore power. The power outage occurred at […]
Biden moving to ban oil and gas leases for 20 years in Nevada region, just weeks before Trump inauguration
The Biden administration is introducing last-minute restrictions on oil and gas drilling in the West just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. The Interior Department announced Monday a plan to ban oil and gas leasing on 264,000 acres in Nevada's Ruby Mountains for 20 years. The government submitted an application to withdraw the land from […]
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt Reach Divorce Settlement After 8 Years
According to a heavily redacted FBI report obtained by The Associated Press in 2022, investigators provided prosecutors with a probable cause statement about Pitt, but after discussing the merits of the case, they decided not to file criminal charges. The parties have agreed.” Jolie said in a subsequent court filing that she was “personally conflicted” […]