Time balls date back to the early 19th century, when they signaled the time to passing sailors. Now they’re part of the pomp ...

A Times Square Alliance live feed is scheduled to go live at 6 p.m. from the Crossroads of the World, and it will stay up as the clock strikes midnight. You can watch the feed in the video player ...

As NYC prepares for the 2025 New Year's Eve ball drop in Times Square, here's a look at how the holiday tradition got started.

The ritual of watching a dazzling ball descend from a pole in Times Square has taken place since the early 20th century, when ...

Watching a huge ball descend down a pole in Times Square has been a beloved New Year's Eve tradition for over a century. Here ...

Truman Moore/Getty The first New Year's Eve ball drop took place in 1907, according to the official Times Square website. Built by Jacob Starr, a young immigrant metalworker, the inaugural sphere ...

A Times Square Alliance live feed kicked off the coverage from the Crossroads of the World at 6 p.m. and stayed up as the clock struck midnight. CBS News New York also had live shots from the ball ...

The dropping of the ball in Times Square to ring in the New Year is an annual tradition watched all over the world. But did you know that the Times Square ball did not drop two years in its history?

The Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve has become an annual tradition for New Yorkers. In New York City, the organization managing Times Square has tested its famous ball drop and inspected 2025 ...

A thunderstorm rocked Times Square, drenching the thousands of people — and performers like the Jonas Brothers – who are ...

The first Times Square ball drop was a rousing, if messy, success. Crowds “began pouring” out of the subway station the night of December 31, the Times wrote, reporting, perhaps with ...

"There is a chance of some very heavy rain between 10 and 11 p.m. that will be potentially disruptive for anyone outside ...