On New Year’s Eve, Mar-a-Lago hosted its annual gala, an opulent but customary occasion for a president who spent his winter vacation reveling in the comforts of familiarity.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/us/politics/trump-new-years-eve-mar-a-lago.htmlMariah Carey Redeems Herself on New Year’s Eve in Times Square
A year after a live-television debacle, the pop superstar got through a two-song performance with no glitches.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/arts/mariah-carey-new-years-eve.htmlHappy New Year! Start It Off by Relaxing and Centering Yourself
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NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/01/smarter-living/new-year-relaxation.htmlChicago police count fewer murders in 2017, but still 650 people were killed
Chicago saw nearly a 16% decline in murders in 2017 from the previous year, according to statistics released by police in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
CNN US http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_us/~3/SYAdEThj5N4/index.htmlNorth Korean leader delivers New Year's address
In a New Year’s Day speech, North Korean leader warned the US that he keeps a nuclear button on his desk, but said he genuinely wishes for peaceful resolution with the southern border. CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports.
CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/pxs298G-bIU/north-korea-kim-jung-un-new-year-speech-hancocks-lklv.cnnThe World Celebrates New Year’s Eve
As midnight struck from East to West, revelers welcomed 2018 with fireworks, festivities, food, drinks and dancing. (And hundreds of weddings.)
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/world/new-years-eve-world.htmlThe Sentient-Being Diet
Making New Year resolutions as a hedge against apocalypse.
NYTimes New Year's Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/opinion/new-year-sentient-being-diet.htmlHappy frigid-ass New Year: Coldest NYE in 70 years awaits revelers in U.S.
In Boston, officials planning annual First Night festivities don’t have to worry about melting ice sculptures this year. In fact, with air temperatures tumbling toward the single digits on Sunday night, New Year’s Eve is going to be so dangerously cold that event organizers have canceled all but the fireworks display.
In New York City, the ball drop in Times Square will take place amid the coldest weather since about 1962, when the temperature at midnight was a measly 1 degree Fahrenheit. The forecast air temperature at midnight is just 10 degrees above zero, with a wind chill of minus-5 to minus-20 degrees Fahrenheit. Read more…More about Climate, Science, Global Warming, Extreme Weather, and New York
Photos and videos reveal 2017's extremely icy exit
In case you didn’t notice, it’s very cold across parts of the globe, stretching from a good chunk of the U.S. to the UK and Europe and even down into India this New Year’s EveThe coldest in decades, in fact, and the chill is going to hang around for a bit.
SEE ALSO: These beautiful snowflake photos were actually captured using a microscope
While that makes it incredibly inconvenient to do anything that doesn’t involve being on your couch under around a dozen or so blankets, the weather does make for some interesting images and you can enjoy them without having to dig out your gloves and scarf. Read more…More about Snow, Ice, Winter Weather, Science, and Climate Environment
Trump's NYE bash has a 'modern fantasy garden' theme. We have some better suggestions.
President Donald Trump is often accused of living in his own personal fantasy world where white supremacists are “very fine people” and New Jersey muslims celebrated the 9/11 attack. So it is perhaps fitting that his New Year’s Eve celebration at Mar-a-Largo has, according to The Washington Post, a “modern fantasy garden” theme.
And while we’re excited to see what mythical bullshit takes root in such a gathering of sycophants and enablers, we also can’t help but note that Team Trump passed up a wonderful opportunity to explore other themes perhaps more germane to the 45th presidency of these great United States. Read more…More about Donald Trump, New Year S Eve, Fake News, Culture, and Politics