For statistical purposes, Howland is grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Want to make a day, or the year last longer by ...

Kiribati is the first country in the world to celebrate 2025. The last country to issue in the new year will the Baker Island and Howland Island.

For statistical purposes, Howland is grouped as one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Want to make a day, or the year last longer by ...

President Joe Biden formally recognized 135 individuals from then-Kamehameha Schools for Boys who were sent to claim remote Pacific Islands near the equator.

Did you know that while India is getting ready to welcome the New Year, some countries have already celebrated it? As the clock strikes midnight in one part of the world, another is just starting ...

Howland was cremated. Brad Howland said he plans to hold a memorial on Long Island in the future. For most people, being wounded by a gunman while trying to protect others would be the defining ...

After Nepal, India and Sri Lanka welcome the new year with open arms. The last places to experience the arrival of 2025 will be the uninhabited islands of Baker Island and Howland Island, located ...

uninhabited Howland, Baker, Jarvis, Enderbury and Canton islands. The Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument was renamed by the White House. (Courtesy: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...