Most major retailers and grocery stores will be open on New Year's Eve, although some will have reduced hours.

Details are emerging Friday about Christian Sturdivant, the 18-year-old who allegedly plotted an ISIS-inspired New Year's Eve attack in North Carolina.

After Communist leaders suppressed religious holidays, Dec. 31 became a catchall secular holiday — with a New Year’s tree, a blue-robed Santa Claus and giant, colorful parties.

Elton John, 78, and his husband, David Furnish, stepped out on New Year's Eve to ring in 2026, and were joined in a rare appearance by their sons: Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12.

A potential New Year's Eve terror attack was thwarted in North Carolina, authorities announced Friday. An 18-year-old suspect is under arrest, and had been planning the attack for about a year, U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson told reporters during a news conference.

Christian Sturdivant's arrest comes years after he first landed on an FBI watchlist for acting on orders from ISIS.

Thousands of people gathered for a New Year’s Eve celebration in Seattle this week, anticipating the annual fireworks show at one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, when a man stopped on a lawn and opened his coat to reveal a loaded shotgun,

Police in Seattle arrested a 21-year-old man armed with a shotgun, pistol, and carrying rounds of ammunition near the Space Needle during a New Year’s Eve celebration.

Times Square's iconic New Year's Eve ball will drop at midnight on Dec. 31, but it'll drop a second time later in 2026.

The annual year-end event was hosted by Ryan Seacrest, with Rita Ora joining him as co-host in Times Square. Airing live beginning Wednesday (Dec. 31) at 8 p.m. ET on ABC, the telecast featured musical performances leading up to the iconic ball drop from Ciara, LE SSERAFIM, Little Big Town, Maren Morris and headliner Diana Ross.