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The midnight kiss has been canceled. Here are new ways people are ushering in the New Year - fun, fresh and way less awkward. Photo credit: Depositphotos.

The midnight kiss is dead - here’s how the cool kids celebrate New Year’s

By Robin Donovan - Associated Press

Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's Eve celebrations begin in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

New Year’s Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

People wait in a long line to get tested for COVID-19 in Times Square, New York, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. Just a couple of weeks ago, New York City seemed like a relative bright spot in the U.S. coronavirus struggle. Now it's a hot spot, confronting a dizzying spike in cases, a scramble for testing, a quandary over a major event and an exhausting sense of déjà vu. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Year’s Eve in Times Square still on, with smaller crowd

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Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy, left, challenges for the ball with Fulham's Mario Lemina during an English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Fulham at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, England, Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)

Guardiola rebukes Mendy but claims many break virus rules

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

Bars, restaurants want New Year’s do-over after bomb scare

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A combo image showing a general view of the Victoria Harbor at the New Year's Eve of year 2021 in Hong Kong, the top photo taken on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, and the bottom one on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019, fireworks explode over the Victoria Harbor during New Year's Eve to celebrate the start of year 2019 in Hong Kong. As the world says goodbye to 2020, there will be countdowns and live performances, but no massed jubilant crowds in traditional gathering spots like the Champs Elysees in Paris and New York City's Times Square this New Year's Eve. The virus that ruined 2020 has led to cancelations of most fireworks displays and public events in favor of made-for-TV-only moments in party spots like London and Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

AP PHOTOS: Then-and-now images show New Year’s Eve contrast

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FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019, file photo, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks with Fox Business Network guest anchor Jon Hilsenrath in the Fox Washington bureau in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name several of his most senior economic advisers in the coming days. Yellen could be one of those named. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Janet Yellen made more than $7 million in speaking fees in 2019, 2020

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

An official reads the temperature of a woman at the entrance to the Viejas Casino and Resort as it reopens Monday, May 18, 2020, in Alpine, Calif. The casino is one of several on tribal lands in Southern California set to reopen this week. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Some California tribal casinos ring in 2021 as virus spreads

By ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo, newlyweds Alison and Kenny Finchum, lower left, of Tulsa, Okla., kiss just after midnight during a New Year's party at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas. Plans for a 14,000-person New Year's Eve street party at canopied casino-mall in Las Vegas are facing pushback from state and local officials, who worry Nevada hospitals may not be able to withstand a potential &quot;superspreader&quot; event. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)

New Year’s Eve event in Vegas sparks worries on virus spread

By SAM METZ and MICHELLE L. PRICE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua, speaks during a news conference on proposed Assembly rules reforms at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. Kolb was charged on New Year's Eve for driving while intoxicated, just a week after he wrote a column warning citizens against getting behind the wheel drunk. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Lawmaker quits leadership post after drunken-driving arrest

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This photo provided by Allyson Cole shows Kaitlyn Kong at the First Night Raleigh celebration in Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 31, 2018. Kong suffered a gunshot wound after someone fired a gun into the air to celebrate the new year.Although rare, people being shot by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve and other holidays like the Fourth of July does happen, prompting law enforcement authorities to caution people that bullets fired into the air can endanger people's lives. (Allyson Cole via AP)

Police, victims warn against firing guns on New Year’s Eve

By MARK GILLISPIE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1. 2017 file photo, confetti falls as people celebrate the new year in New York's Times Square. This year's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square will spotlight efforts to combat climate change when high school science teachers and students press the button that begins the famous 60-second ball drop and countdown to next year. “On New Year’s Eve, we look back and reflect on the dominant themes of the past year, and seek hope and inspiration as we look forward,&quot; Times Square Alliance President Tim Tompkins said in a statement Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019 announcing the plan. He said the honorees “are working to solve this global problem through science.” (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

Science teachers, students get Times Square New Year’s stage

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Police: 1 address fired 360 shots at New Year’s Eve party

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Search teams in Kentucky recover body of missing woman

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11 hospitalized amid Las Vegas Strip New Year’s celebrations

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The Latest: Manchester police quiz alleged knife attacker

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FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2017, file photo, a police K-9 unit patrols in New York's Times Square where crowds were gathered for the annual New Year's Eve celebration. The New York Police Department is adding a drone this year to the security forces it uses to protect the huge crowds celebrating New Year's Eve in the city. (AP Photo/Go Nakamura, File)

Ring in the new: NYPD drone to oversee Times Square revelry

By MICHAEL R. SISAK - Associated Press

State to target bars to curb New Year’s Eve drunken driving

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Confetti flies over Times Square during the New Year's celebration in New York. The New York Police Department is adding a drone this year to the security forces it uses to protect the huge crowds celebrating New Year's Eve in the city. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

NYPD drone to monitor Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration

By Michael R. Sisak - Associated Press