1. The twins with different birthdays and birth-years:One was born Saturday night, just before the ball dropped, while the other was born within the first few minutes of the New Year.

Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017...

2. The Turkey Nightclub Massacre: In the early hours of Sunday morning, a gunman attacked a nightclub in Turkey, where people were celebrating the New Year, and killed at least 39 people.

Read about it here: http://time.com/4620005/turkey-istanbul-reina-shoo...

3. The Hollywood sign took part in the "New Year, New Me": Some jokesters had the clever idea of altering the famous sign at the start of 2017.

Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/01/...

4. The U.S. Coast Guard started off 2017 with the continued search for the missing plane: On December 29th, a plane carrying six people went off the radar when traveling over Lake Eerie and hasn't been seen since.

Read more here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017...

5. Two protestors dangled from the ceiling of the Vikings stadium during the football game: Dakota Access Pipeline protestors hung from the rafters of the football stadium, undid a banner, and continued to hang out above the stadium seats while the game continued on.

Read about it: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/us/dapl-protester-mi...

6. California had 191 Earthquakes: As of noon on Sunday, January 1st, California had undergone 191 Earthquakes within 24 hours.

Read more here: http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/01/us/brawley-californi...