New Year's Eve: A look at celebrations around the world amid the coronavirus pandemic

This New Year’s Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many people bidding farewell to a year they’d prefer to forget with made-for-TV fireworks displays or packing it in early since they could not toast the end of 2020 in the presence of friends or crowds of carousing strangers.

New Year's Eve events toned down in North Texas, TABC patrols increased

Both Texas Live! in Arlington and Billy Bob’s in Fort Worth will have smaller-scale celebrations to count down to 2021. Meanwhile, Tarrant County leaders and local first responders are focused on safety.

Cities to step up illegal fireworks, gunfire enforcement for New Year’s Eve

Mesquite police will be cracking down on celebratory gunfire and fireworks this New Year's Eve. They're doing things differently after last year's celebration led to hundreds of 911 calls.

New Year's Eve celebrations toned down worldwide

The coronavirus scourge that dominated the year is also looming over New Year's festivities and forcing officials worldwide to tone them down.

Record 39 holiday songs dominate Billboard Hot 100

Holiday songs filled nine of the Top 10 slots, with artists of yesteryear and modern pop stars filling the 39 spots.

Love it or hate it: Flamin' Hot Cheetos tamales divide family at Christmas

A Washington man decided to create a Flamin’ Hot Cheetos tamale to spice up his family’s Christmas Eve tradition but his family were not so thrilled with his rendition.

Thousands of North Texas first responders get Christmas meal from charity

Feed-A-Hero hosts year-round events, but Christmas is special. It’s been organizing since 2013 — when it fed six firefighters. It now feeds thousands.

'We have a big problem': Experts fear the holidays will fuel the US COVID-19 crisis

Hard-hit California has eclipsed 2 million coronavirus cases as the U.S. heads into a Christmas travel surge that could fuel the deadly crisis across the nation.

Happy ‘howlidays’: Shelter dogs pick out their own toys for Christmas

A video showing shelter dogs choosing their Christmas gifts is the most wholesome content you didn’t know you needed this holiday season.

Tips for recycling wrapping paper this holiday season

Can you recycle all of your holiday wrapping paper, ribbons and bows? Here are some tips to help make your Christmas a little more green.

'It does break my heart a little bit': A bleak Christmas for America's unemployed

Millions of Americans have been jobless since the viral pandemic ripped through the U.S. economy in March, triggering a deep recession and causing widespread unemployment.