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Baltimore Inner Harbor New Year’s Eve Spectacular Starts at 6 p.m. With Midnight Fireworks Finale

Enhanced police patrols accompany 6 p.m. road closures for expected harbor crowds.

Times Square Adds Post-Midnight America250 Moment and Sets July 3 Ball Drop for U.S. Semiquincentennial

Bay Area Raises Bridge Tolls by 50 Cents as BART Fares Increase on Jan. 1

Suspected Intoxicated Driver Injures 2 Precinct 4 Deputies in New Year’s Eve Pursuit

Ex-Marion County Firefighters Plead Not Guilty as Hazing Files Detail Station 21 Culture

Woman Dies After East Fort Worth House Fire on New Year’s Eve

New Orleans Tightens French Quarter Security for New Year’s as National Guard Deploys a Year After Bourbon Street Attack

Eighth Fire Since Thanksgiving Strikes Vacant Parade Park Complex as Safety Push Intensifies

Metro Bus With Mechanical Failure Topples Pole, Injures Man in Lake View Terrace

South Africa Confirms 41 Initiation Deaths and 41 Arrests as Government Tightens Controls

Baltimore Report Blames Gas Buildup in Crowded Manhole for 2024 Charles Street Fire

Brown Details Security Overhaul Before Spring Term After Campus Shooting

East Haven Stabbing Victim Identified as Destiny Rumley as Suspect Appears in Court

Illinois Secretary of State Warns of Holiday Text Scams Targeting Drivers

Two Killed as Train Strikes Car Near Browning, Montana

Five Gulf of Finland Subsea Cables Down as Finland Opens Criminal Probe Into Suspected Anchor Damage

Philadelphia Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Man Inside North Philly Home, Police Say

Indian Cities Roll Out New Year’s Eve Traffic Curbs and Security Sweeps Tonight

Randallstown House Fire Kills 67-Year-Old as Investigators Point to Unattended Cooking

Service Restored After Fatal Phoenix Light Rail Derailment