July Fourth ball drop won't be a public event. Here's how to watch

The centerpiece of the annual Times Square NYE celebration, the Constellation Ball, will be lit up and dropped 8 times on July 3 for America's 250th.

Times Square ball drop to mark start of July 4 in every US time zone

It may not be New Year’s Eve, but that isn’t stopping a ball from dropping in Times Square on Friday. And then again multiple times Saturday morning. For the first time in its 120-year history, the ...