(CNN) — Dozens of worshipers took a deep breath and a brave plunge into icy waters at a Tokyo shrine Sunday, keeping afloat a New Year tradition to purify the soul and pray for good health. The cold ...

Temperatures had dipped into the 40s as the Palm Beach Daily News welcomed members of the community for its annual New Year's Day sunrise photo at Midtown Beach. The photo was shot about seven hours ...

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Investigators probing the deadly New Year's Day fire at a Swiss resort bar are looking into the possibility that it started from sparklers that were too close to the ceiling. Beatrice Pilloud, Valais ...

(WKYT) — Today’s Good Question is: I heard you aren’t supposed to wash your clothes on New Year’s Day. Why not? When it comes to days that have superstitions attached, Halloween, Friday the 13th and ...

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The number represents a more precise, and potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates. The department is seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help in the review. By Devlin Barrett ...

The New Year is here, with Kiritimati (Christmas Island) in Kiribati, which lies in the world’s earliest time zone, seeing the the clock strike past midnight, heralding the arrival of 1 January 2026.

A lack of wind has portions of Central Oregon under an Air Stagnation Advisory today. Smoke from pile burns, prescribed burns, and fireplaces won’t disperse easily, which could impact air quality. The ...

The year started out with three men fatally shot to death in January. But that level of gun violence did not continue for the rest of the year. Instead, the city has recorded 13 homicides from January ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) – Idaho will be ringing in the new year with eight new laws on the books on January 1st. The measures passed in the 2025 Legislature will cover a range of issues – from changes to ...