Times Square

With the nation still jittery over shooting massacres in California and Paris, New York City officials sought to assure revelers Tuesday that the New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will be the safest place in the world -- heavily secured by thousands of New York Police Department officers, including a new specialized counterterrorism unit.

Police stepped up security in Times Square on Wednesday amid concerns that the mounting hostilities between the United States and the Islamic State group could have repercussions on U.S. soil.

NEW YORK (AP) -- New York City officials are turning up the heat on Elmo, Cookie Monster and Statues of Liberty impersonators - Times Square costumed characters who often demand money for posing in photos with tourists.

When most people think of New Year's Eve, they picture the giant glass ball dropping in Times Square to ring in the New Year.

The American Atheists, an atheism-advocacy group has a new digital billboard in Times Square. The message seems a little too confrontational, but let us know what you think.

Andrew W.K. is currently in the middle of attempting to play the drums for 24 straight hours, which would be a new world record. It's taking place in Time Square's Oakley store.

Cookie Monster stands accused of shoving a 2-year-old. Super Mario was charged with groping a woman. And Elmo was booked for berating tourists with anti-Semitic slurs.

For the next few weeks, you'll have the opportunity to walk on some New Jersey and New York boardwalks that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy.

The Waterford crystal ball that will drop in Times Square to usher in 2013 will have 288 new crystal panels with doves chiseled into them to mark the theme "Let There Be Peace."

Takes a lot to offend me, but this goes over the line. A group of local atheists have erected a billboard over Times Square with 2 images…one of a merry Santa Claus; and the other with Jesus on the Cross. Under the image of Santa is the inscription, “Keep the Merry”; and under Jesus’ depiction is the expression, “Dump the Myth...