NEW YORK -- Times Square isn't the type of place that makes private accommodations. Usually. But when it's the 75th anniversary of Jackie Robinson's Major League debut, when he broke the color barrier ...

The new year marks a new look for the world's most famous New Year's Eve ball. The timeless Times Square treasure made its final descent Wednesday, coming down from its perch on a pole atop 1 ...

The iconic Times Square New Year's Eve Ball will drop one last time on Wednesday, January 15 at 3 p.m. at One Times Square.

The ritual of watching a dazzling ball descend from a pole in Times Square has taken place since the early 20th century, when electricity use was so new it seemed like magic.

Live stream NYC Ball Drop event: Times Square Ball Drop NYC event lineup: The ceremony will begin at 6:00 PMET with the lighting and raising of the New Year’s Eve Ball atop One Times Square.

The Times Square ball was once a 5-foot creation of iron and wood. Now, it measures 12 feet in diameter and is lit by more than 30,000 LEDs.

Scores of vendors from across the city descended on Midtown Manhattan on Tuesday ahead of the New Year’s Eve ball drop, selling merch by the minute and even revealing one of the places they get ...

The Times Square ball did not drop in 1942 and 1943. A New Year's Eve ball has dropped in Times Square for nearly 120 years, with the exception of 1942 and 1943 when nightly “dimouts” occurred ...

This year's dazzling Times Square ball weighs almost 6 tons and features 2,688 crystal triangles.