New Year

NEW YORK—Around this time every year, what Gao Hongmei looks forward to the most is a phone call. In a conversation that would sometimes stretch for hours, she would exchange ...

Dear Readers, at the beginning of each new year, I’m filled with a sense of new direction. At ...

January is here, and we all have high hopes for this year—especially after 2020. But here’s the thing ...

New York restaurants are not celebrating New Year's Eve like they usually do—and some diners are disappointed. We ...

Reflecting on a difficult year, Orange County Supervisor Lisa Bartlett says a new set of challenges awaits after ...

Victoria's run of more than 60 days without a locally-acquired COVID-19 case has come to an end. Three ...

The dark days around winter solstice make human beings hungry for light. It could be a decorated tree, ...

Growing up, it was never an option for my siblings and me to miss New Year’s at home—nor ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump wished Americans a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, expressing ...

I love this time of year. The holidays are my absolute favorite, but not just because of the ...

I highly recommend this year-end practice, as a way to close out the year and say goodbye to ...

Every year the world pauses to count down the seconds until midnight, ushering out the old year and ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Entrepreneur Norbert Niederhauser, his wife Mayumi Acosta, and their niece from Colombia attended Shen Yun Performing Arts ...

HOUSTON—Doctors, attorneys, business owners, and others turned out en mass to see Shen Yun Performing Arts at the ...

The Line Islands of the Pacific Ocean were the first place in the world to mark the start ...

2020. Now there’s a number with some heft to it. It offers gravitas, sounding like an Army tank or ...

Of making many resolutions, there is no end.

Adjusted for cooking time, this classic down-home recipe can be used to prepare almost any type of dried ...

The great philosophers and teachers constantly remind their disciples to embrace the day and to forego fears of ...

Katy McQuaid is the author of the book series "Everybody Loves Grace." The series is told from the ...

As Asian-Americans across the United States marked the Lunar New Year on Feb. 5, they could celebrate by ...

Way to go, Mom and Dad! You made it through the holidays. You shopped, you wrapped, you cooked, ...

A 3-year-old boy has died during a Spanish traditional New Year celebration, after choking on a grape at ...

Globe-trotting flavors, beauty you can eat, and a health-driven plant revolution in full swing (read: mushroom jerky and ...

A car plowed into crowds who were celebrating the passing of the New Year early on Jan. 1 ...

Fireworks, concerts, and spiritual services abounded to mark the transition to 2019. A look at how people are ...

What do eating peas, lentils, grapes, rice cakes, and pork have in common with wearing yellow underwear and ...