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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz poses for photographs during the recording of his New Year's speech at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, Pool)

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz uses his New Year’s speech to convey confidence

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An electronic sign welcomes visitors to the Atlantic City, N.J. Boardwalk on Dec. 28, 2023. Atlantic City faces challenges in the new year including a potential smoking ban in its nine casinos, and their quest to return to pre-pandemic business levels. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Casino smoking and boosting in-person gambling are among challenges for Atlantic City in 2024

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A new lighting display pattern for the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball was unveiled Wednesday atop One Times Square, just days before the iconic celebration.

Times Square New Year’s Eve ball unveiled with new bowtie design

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Restoring America's military power to deter enemies illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Restoring deterrence should be America’s most urgent task in 2024

By Clifford D. May

Missouri running back Cody Schrader (7) celebrates next to the Battle Line trophy after the team's win over Arkansas in an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, in Fayetteville, Ark. (AP Photo/Michael Woods)

Cody Schrader goes from D-II star to folk hero in leading Missouri Tigers to the Cotton Bowl

By Dave Skretta - Associated Press

The sun sets behind the Manhattan skyline as a plane approaches LaGuardia Airport on Sept. 6, 2023, in New York. Holiday travel is kicking off on highways, trains, and airports this week. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Ready, set, travel: The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway

By David Koenig - Associated Press

A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021 in New York. Pfizer released a financial outlook for next year that that doesn't match with Wall Street expectations as sales of COVID-19 products slide. Shares tumbled more than 7% before the opening bell Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Switch from selling COVID-19 drugs on market rather than to governments continues to sting at Pfizer

By Tom Murphy - Associated Press

A Southwest Airlines plane makes its final approach at Dallas Love Field Airport near a the full moon and downtown Dallas buildings, Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. More Americans are expected to fly or drive far from home over Christmas than did last year, putting a cap on a busy year for travel. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Crowds at airports and on highways this holiday season are expected to be even bigger than last year

By David Koenig - Associated Press

Ryan Seacrest arrives at the 2021 Jingle Ball Los Angeles in Inglewood, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2021. Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from Times Square, with satellite locations in Los Angeles and San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ will feature Janelle Monae, Green Day, Ludacris, Renee Rapp and more in LA

By Maria Sherman - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., meets with reporters ahead of a crucial vote on a continuing resolution to keep the government funded at its current levels, a measure not heartily supported by the hard right wing of his party, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The last government shutdown deadline ousted the House speaker. This week’s showdown could be calmer

By Lisa Mascaro - Associated Press

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man prays ahead of the Jewish new year at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's old city, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Rosh Hashanah: Time for hope, caring for others and being a light

By Yael Eckstein – Special to Higher Ground

FILE - The championship trophy stands on a table during a news conference ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Georgia and TCU, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023, in Los Angeles. The first-round games of the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff will be played on Friday night and Saturday of the third week of December 2024, and the semifinals will be played in early January on weeknights to avoid conflicting with the NFL playoffs, CFP executive director Bill Hancock confirmed on Thursday, April 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

12-team CFP schedule includes New Year’s Day tripleheaders

Associated Press

Prisoners released from Insein Prison are welcomed by their colleagues and family members in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, April 17, 2023. Myanmar’s military government on Monday granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the traditional lunar New Year holiday, but it wasn’t immediately clear if those released included the thousands of political detainees locked up for opposing army rule. (AP Photo)

Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture

By Grant Peck - Associated Press

This booking photo provided by Michigan Department of Corrections shows Anthony McRae. Police identified McRae, who killed three students and wounded five at Michigan State University, saying Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023 that a tip from the public led to a confrontation with officers miles from campus where the gunman fatally shot himself. (Michigan Department of Corrections via AP)

Police struggle to pin down motive in Michigan State shootings

By Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder - Associated Press

A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New year greetings stir old animosities; Chinese outraged over cultural appropriation

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

FBI agents walk near a scene where a shooting took place in Monterey Park, Calif., Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. Nine people were killed in a mass shooting late Saturday in a city east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police said. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

L.A. mass shooting suspect kills 10 near Lunar New Year fest

Associated Press

A Chinese tourist in traditional Thai costume poses for a photograph at Wat Arun or the "Temple of Dawn" in Bangkok, Thailand on Jan. 12, 2023. A hoped-for boom in Chinese tourism in Asia over next week’s Lunar New Year holidays looks set to be more of a blip as most travelers opt to stay inside China if they go anywhere. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

Lunar New Year tourism hopes fizzle as Chinese stay home

By Tian McLeod Ji, Elaine Kurtenbach and Kanis Leung - Associated Press

Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

New Year’s resolutions for U.S. foreign policy

By Daniel DePetris

Illustration on continued liberal media bias by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Journalists’ glee over speaker fight bodes ill for future coverage of GOP House

By Tim Murtaugh

The afternoon sun illuminates hotels and houses in Vlasic, a ski resort affected by unusual warm weather in Bosnia, Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. The exceptional wintertime warmth is affecting ski resorts across Bosnia, prompting tourism authorities in parts of the country to consider declaring a state of natural emergency. (AP Photo/Almir Alic)

Bosnian ski resorts suffer as Europe sees record warm winter

By Sabina Niksic and Jamey Keaten - Associated Press