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New Year’s Eve ball set to drop in Times Square

The history of the New Year's Eve ball drop

For millions of people, the year 2026 will begin once a crystal-covered ball, 12.5 feet in diameter, makes its descent in New York City's Times Square.

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It's New Year's Eve! How to watch the ball drop at Times Square in New York

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New Year's Eve ball drops twice as US begins 250th anniversary

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The Times Square ball will drop twice in 2026: Here's when and why

For the first time ever, New York’s venerable New Year’s Eve ball drop, a Times Square event that’s taken place every year since 1907, will happen twice in a single year.

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Will the Times Square ball drop twice in 2026? Inside the celebration

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Times Square has a dazzling new ball for the New Year’s Eve drop — and it’s the biggest yet

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Here's why the Times Square Ball will drop twice for 2026 | What to know about the changes

The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball will light up in a red, white, and blue "America250" design and rise above illuminated “2026” numerals.

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The first Times Square ball was just 5 feet in diameter. See how it's evolved over the last 118 years.

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Where are the wackiest New Year's Eve drops in the U.S.?

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Tracker is ready to make CBS history with a possible Matlock crossover

A prominent CBS star teased a special crossover between Tracker and Matlock that is more possible than fans would think.

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CBS News history on the Broadway stage

In March 1954, Edward R. Murrow and a team of CBS News journalists sat in a dark screening room. The mood was tense. They watched an almost-final cut of an upcoming episode of their show, "See It Now," that would take direct aim at Sen. Joseph McCarthy ...

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CBS 58 Hometowns: History of Milwaukee's City Hall

MILWAUKEE (CBS58) -- Milwaukee City Hall is such an iconic piece of Milwaukee history that our CBS 58 Hometowns: History Edition had to make a stop there. CBS 58 Morning News anchor Mike Curkov joined Milwaukee City Clerk Jim Owczarski on a tour that took ...

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Inside CBS and Paramount's long, strange history with MMA — and how the UFC deal could turn it all around

To the newer fans among us, the announcement must have sounded like a journey into undiscovered country. The UFC’s new broadcast rights deal, as we learned last week, will bring it not only to Paramount+, but also to CBS in 2026. CBS will be the third ...