SEVEN SPRINGS, N.C. (AP) — Quinn Sigman and her sister Peighton Sigman raced through the woods, leaped over tree roots and trudged up steep hills at Cliffs of the Neuse State Park on the afternoon of Jan. 1 — all while wearing tutus, spotted leggings and a pair of shiny cat ears on their ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man slipped and impaled himself on a statue during the annual New Year’s Day Mummers Parade in Philadelphia.

Fire officials say the man climbed onto the George Washington statue in Eakins Oval around 4 p.m. Tuesday, slipped and impaled himself on a ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Floral floats and marching bands took to the streets under a sunny California sky as the 130th Rose Parade drew hundreds of thousands of spectators on New Year’s Day and millions more watched on TV.

Among the fanciful floats was an award-winning entry from the UPS ...

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — People planning to attend the New Year’s Day Rose Parade and Rose Bowl football game should prepare for cold and blustery conditions.

The National Weather Service says cold Santa Ana winds will increase in strength and become more widespread late on New Year’s Eve ...

BOSTON (AP) — Outdoor enthusiasts across Massachusetts are being invited to participate in a First Day Hike, the New Year’s Day tradition that started in the Bay State in 1992 and has since spread to all 50 states.

The state Department of Conservation and Recreation says

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who was killed by a stray bullet in Lawrence will be honored in the Rose Bowl Parade.

Leah Brown, of Shawnee, will be one of about 40 organ, eye and tissue donors from across the country who will be remembered on a Donate Life Rose Parade Float on ...

CAMDEN, S.C. (AP) — A 17-year-old who likely saved four lives donating his organs after his death in a car crash will be the South Carolinian honored on a Rose Parade float on New Year’s Day.

Sharing Hope SC says it is creating a portrait made with flowers to honor Drew David, who died in ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall University’s marching band will perform in the 2020 New Year’s Day Parade in London.

The university says in a news release the Marching Thunder was selected in part because of its performance at an event in Rome in 2016. The London trip will include ...

FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. (AP) — It was “far and away” the coldest year yet for the Fayette Station Polar Plunge, but the well-below-freezing temperatures didn’t stop a couple dozen locals from taking part in the New Year’s Day tradition.

After drying himself as best as he could, a fifth-year ...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office says a dozen fires blamed on fireworks in unincorporated areas of Texas’ most populous county over New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day caused about $1.2 million in damage.

Fire Marshal Mike Montgomery says seven of the blazes were the ...

BOW, N.H. (AP) — Dora Bresaw has lived in the Concord area most of her life, but she says there isn’t much about Main Street she recognizes anymore.

There are too many new stores and cafes downtown, Bresaw says; street names have changed, and parking costs more than it used to.

“To ...

WATERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Several people have repeated an annual New Year’s Day tradition by plunging into Ohio’s Maumee River near Toledo.

The Blade reports temperatures ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The new year got off to a freezing cold start across the South.

Revelers shivered as they celebrated New Year’s Eve, and the frigid weather continued into New Year’s Day on Monday. And the cold was expected to linger, with highs forecast to stay in the 30s and 40s and lows ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — A re-enactment of the raising of the nation’s first flag in a Boston suburb has been postponed because of freezing cold weather.

The annual ceremony in Somerville was set for Monday, but has been postponed to March 4.

The festivities commemorate the raising ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — New Year’s Day will be Inauguration Day in the city of New Haven.

Democratic Mayor Toni Harp is set to be sworn in Monday to a third two-year term as the leader of Connecticut’s second largest city by population.

Harp, who is the city’s 50th mayor, will take ...

AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The UMass Minuteman Marching Band is performing in the 129th Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day.

The band based at the university’s Amherst campus is one of 22 marching bands scheduled to participate, but one of just three collegiate bands ...

BOSTON (AP) — Some New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day events in southern New England have been cancelled because of frigid temperatures.

Organizers of New Year’s Eve events in Boston cancelled a 6 p.m. parade to Boston Common and a 7 p.m. fireworks show. The midnight fireworks over Boston ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The annual Mummers Parade will be held New Year’s Day despite the drawn-out deep freeze that is continuing across Pennsylvania.

Organizers announced their decision Saturday.

The parade in Philadelphia features thousands of performers dressed in colorful costumes ...

TROY, Ala. (AP) — Tookie Brown poured in 31 points as Georgia Southern came from behind to knock off defending champion Troy 86-80 and reach a program milestone in a Sun Belt Conference opener Friday night.

The win marks the first time Georgia Southern (10-4) has reached 10 wins before New ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With higher-powered fireworks now more widely available in Pennsylvania, eye doctors say they’re concerned about a higher frequency of accidents over the New Year’s Day holiday.

Dr. Melissa Sieber, chief resident of ophthalmology at Wills Eye Hospital in ...

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — The bitter cold temperatures in New Jersey have forced two more shore towns to postpone their polar bear plunges.

The fundraising event planned in Brigantine for New Year’s Day will now be held Jan. 13, while the plunge in Margate was moved to Jan. 7.

The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo says all road construction will be suspended through New Year’s Day to ease travel over the holiday weekend.

The Democratic governor also says the Thruway Authority will continue its 47-year tradition of offering free coffee and tea at the 27 travel ...

VENTNOR, N.J. (AP) — Polar bear plunges planned in two southern New Jersey towns on New Year’s Day have been cancelled because organizers think it will be too cold outside.

Ventnor officials say the event’s organizers recently contacted them with concerns about the safety of participants ...