At least 10 people, including three police officers, were hurt when a fleeing driver crashed onto a sidewalk in New York City early Monday shortly after New Year's Eve celebrations, police said.
Ian Ziering got into a physical street fight with several people on motorized mini bikes in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon.
Bus operators are circumventing New York Mayor Eric Adams' executive order limiting the arrival of migrants in the city by dropping off their passengers in suburban New Jersey, a local official says.
A magnitude 4.1 offshore earthquake rattled southern California on New Year's Day, seismologists reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping asserted in his New Year's address his country will "surely" be reunited with Taiwan as the island nation prepares to hold its presidential elections.
A Colorado woman who is accused of killing two of her children was arrested in London over the weekend and appeared in a British court on Monday.
The Israeli military says it is withdrawing five brigades from fighting in the Gaza Strip, marking a new phase in the war against Hamas, but cautioned fighting will likely go on for several more months.
Hundreds of thousands of revelers jammed into New York City's Times Square as the clock struck midnight on Monday, ringing in 2024 with songs, confetti and the dropping of the iconic, crystal-covered ball.
Ryan Seacrest chatted with U.S. President Joe Biden, while Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen interviewed actor Jeremy Renner for Sunday night's New Year's Eve programs.
Powerball is looking to keep the record pace of huge jackpots it set in 2023 going into the New Year with Monday night's drawing offering the fifth largest grand prize in the game's history at $810 million.
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake rocked western Japan Monday afternoon, triggering tsunami alerts and several strong aftershocks as emergency crews ordered some residents to seek higher ground.
Actor Morris Chestnut turns 54 and European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde turns 67, among the famous birthdays for Jan. 1.
On Jan. 1, 2014, Colorado became the first state where specialty shops began legally selling small amounts of recreational marijuana.
The start of the new year Monday also brings a slate of laws set to take effect throughout the nation.
U.S. Navy helicopters sank three small boats carrying Houthi militants in the Red Sea, killing the crews, after U.S. warships responded to a distress call from a merchant vessel, military officials said Sunday.
Three people are dead in the wake of three fires in the Bronx, N.Y., the Fire Department of New York reported.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered "defensive" drills involving more than 5,600 troops in response to the deployment of a British warship to the coast of Guyana as tensions escalated in the region
A 20-year-old man suspected in the killing of a female co-worker in Maine was arrested more than 1,600 miles away following a brief chase and shootout with Arkansas police.
