Category: Times Square

DA: Times Square Machete Suspect Wanted ‘Jihad’ on Police

NEW YORK—A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve was intent on committing a jihad against government officials and shouted “Allahu akbar” before striking one officer in the head and attempting to grab another officer’s gun, prosecutors said Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, who was shot by…


New Year’s Eve Street Party in Arizona Gives the Boot to 2022

PRESCOTT, Ariz.—It wasn’t the big ball dropping in Times Square, but the effect was just as spectacular in downtown Prescott, Arizona, on New Year’s Eve. The year 2022 got the boot, so to speak, as revelers by the hundreds rang in 2023 with the annual New Year’s Eve Whiskey Row Boot Drop. It’s been a…


Machete Attack in Times Square Leaves 2 NYPD Police Injured as FBI Investigates

A man attacked three NYPD police officers with a machete on New Years Eve in New York City near Times Square celebrations, injuring two, officials said in an early Sunday morning news conference. New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters Sunday that the suspect, 19, tried to slash an officer with a machete…


New Year’s Eve Machete Attack Near Times Square Leaves 2 NYPD Officers Injured, FBI Investigates

A man attacked three NYPD police officers with a machete on New Years Eve in New York City near Times Square celebrations, injuring two, officials said in an early Sunday morning news conference. New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters Sunday that the suspect, 19, tried to slash an officer with a machete…


Machete Attack Near Times Square New Year’s Eve Celebration Leaves 2 NYPD Officers Injured, FBI Investigates

A man attacked three NYPD police officers with a machete on New Years Eve in New York City near Times Square celebrations, injuring two, officials said in an early Sunday morning news conference. New York Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters Sunday that the suspect, 19, tried to slash an officer with a machete…


LIVE 11:45 PM ET: Thousands Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square

Thousands of revelers fill Times Square in New York to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve at 11:45 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


LIVE NOW: Thousands Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square

Thousands of revelers fill Times Square in New York to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve at 11:45 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Thousands Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square

Thousands of revelers fill Times Square in New York to watch the ball drop on New Year’s Eve at 11:45 p.m. ET on Dec. 31. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Test in Times Square

Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration co-organizers test the dropping ball at 10:30 a.m. ET on Dec. 30. They will light up the ball and send it to the 130-foot pole on top of the One Times Square building in New York. The event co-organizers will flip a giant switch to initiate the ball’s kaleidoscope…


‘Gift of Love’ Waterford Crystals Placed on Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball

NEW YORK—Nearly 200 new Waterford crystals were installed on the New Year’s Eve ball in Times Square in New York on Tuesday in preparation for Saturday’s celebration to welcome in 2023. Since 1999, replacements for the 2,688 crystal panels that make up the ball have been designed and made by hand by Irish craftsmen at…