A possum is lowered in a plastic box as part of the New Year's Eve Possum Drop in Brasstown, N.C. With less than four weeks until New Year's Eve, the annual Possum Drop in a North Carolina mountain ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On this day in 2013, a Wake County judge ordered the state government to pay $74,446 to People for the Ethical Treatment of ...

State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation allowing Brasstown's annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop to continue. State lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to legislation allowing ...

Around the world, the dawn of a new calendar year is often met with bright fireworks, a little bubbly and a ball drop. Arguably, the most famous New Year's Eve ball drop is the one that happens in New ...

North Carolina judge orders the state Wildlife Resource Commission to pay PETA over the Brasstown Possum Drop. Trump says he will order halt to Iran strikes ...