Follow live updates from NBC News as Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at his annual year-end news conference on Ukraine, peace, war and Trump.

"Time-balls" precede the Times Square New Year's Eve tradition. Balls have been "dropped" since at least the 1830s at England’s Royal Observatory at Greenwich, where a ball dropped at a set hour every day for captains to set their navigation tools.

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Organizers call the New Year's Eve celebration at Sundance Square in Fort Worth the largest in-person celebration in Texas. 55,000 people are expected to attend the free event. Food trucks, live bands, street performers and more are joining in the festivities.

Luke Littler and Luke Humphries headline the evening session with Gary Anderson and Ryan Searle progressing in the afternoon session