Luke Burbank

Today is New Year’s Eve, and that means citizens of the world will be ringing in 2010 when the clock hits midnight. We’re leaping through time zones with reporters from across the globe for a look at how some cities are getting ready to celebrate.

This is a big week for charities who rely on online giving. Last year at this time, donors made nearly five times as many contributions compared to an average week, and their gifts were nearly 60% larger than usual.

It looks like one of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s New Year’s resolutions is to encourage all Russians to think twice about reaching for their favorite drink. As of January 1st, he’s setting a higher minimum price for Vodka in Russia.

The census requires counting prisoners in the place where they are incarcerated, not where they originally lived. Here to tell us why that’s a problem is Peter Wagner, executive director of the Prison Policy Initiative.

Afghanistan Takeout: At least 8 Americans are dead after a suicide bombing at a remote base in Afghanistan. Details are still emerging, but reports say most of the dead are CIA employees, which could make this one of the most deadly events in the intelligence agency’s history. Anand Gopal, from the Wall Street Journal, joins […]