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Sledding in Rock Creek Park in Washington

Nation Dec 31

New Year’s Day hiking tradition reaches parks in all 50 states

By Mark Pratt, Associated Press

World Dec 31

New Year's Eve at a shopping mall in Beijing
New Year’s Eve muted by omicron, many around the world hope for better 2022

In many places around the world, plans for New Year's Eve celebrations are muted or canceled for the second straight year due to a surge of coronavirus infections, this time driven by the highly contagious omicron variant.

By Nick Perry, Associated Press

Arts Dec 29

2018 Miss Hmong USA beauty pageant winners in heritage dress at annual Hmong Cultural New Year Celebration in Fresno, California. The event is one of the largest held in the country and is a special place for the Hmong community to exchange and further traditions. Courtesy of Mitch Herr
In face of pandemic, Hmong Americans press forward to maintain New Year traditions

As the omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads across the United States, shutting down in-person events and renewing worries of the pandemic, the Hmong American community is going forward with plans to celebrate one of their largest gatherings.

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado

World Dec 31

Major cities ring in a muted New Year’s amid global pandemic

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 filled with challenges.

By Rod McGuirk, Frank Jordans, Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press

World Jan 01

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News Wrap: Death toll in Australian wildfires rises to 17

In our news wrap Wednesday, New Year’s Day brought only slight relief to parts of Australia ravaged by some of the country’s worst-ever wildfires. The death toll rose to 17. Also, the Taliban staged a series of attacks on Afghan…

Jan 01

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From marijuana legalization to minimum wage, how state laws are changing in 2020

Now that 2020 has arrived, scores of new laws are going into effect across the country. From legalization of marijuana and criminal justice reform to raising minimum wage and the cost of electric cars, state legislatures are having a major…

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News Wrap: Around the world, celebrations of a new year

In our news wrap Tuesday, President Trump invited congressional leaders to the White House to discuss a border wall, as the partial government shutdown reached its 11th day. A federal workers' union is suing the Trump administration on behalf of…

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Why the latest New Horizons flyby represents a space exploration milestone

On this New Year’s Day, NASA has a special reason to celebrate: Its spacecraft New Horizons has made a successful flyby of Ultima Thule, an object orbiting in space about four billion miles from Earth. Science correspondent Miles O’Brien joins…

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How upcoming state laws could make it to Washington next

As the calendar turned to 2019 this week, new laws are taking effect, and new state legislatures are looking to push even more changes. In some states, these measures will address gun safety, roll back business licensing regulations and legalize…

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The stories student reporters want to see in 2019

By Student Reporting Labs

Participants from the NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs, a project that teaches young reporters about journalism and media literacy, share what they’d like to see from the media in 2019.

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