About 1 million people celebrate the arrival of 2016 in Times Square in the midst of heavy security

Tourists as well as several thousand New Yorkers gathered in Times Square on Thursday to usher in the arrival of the New Year 2016, in spite of concerns leading to sharply enhanced security. Once the shimmering ball was dropped, confetti rained down on the New Year revelers to mark the start of 2016. But, in...