holidays

Michael Gargiulo takes a look at the latest toy trends that will be in demand this holiday season.

You might think that for Valentine’s Day during the pandemic, that flower are wilting on the vine. But actually things have been coming up roses. NBC New York’s Pat Battle reports.

You don’t have to break the bank to prove your love.

If you’re scrambling to find a Valentine’s Day gift this year, Francesco Billoto has got you covered.

From breakfast through closing time, here are five places where travelers can get to know the food scene in Australia’s most livable city. 

A trip aboard the Belmond Royal Scotsman is one of the most luxurious ways to soak up the Scottish Highlands.

If ever a year’s end seemed like cause for celebration, 2020 might be it

Kwanzaa is a week-long non-religious celebration of African-American culture and traditions. And while it was created in 1966 and has been popular since the 1980s, many people still don’t know much about it. LX Host Ashley Holt is here to explain what you need to know about this modern holiday.

With increasing covid cases and the rollout continuing, the FDNY are the next to receive the vaccine, Andrew Siff reports.

Mayor Bill de Blasio urged New Yorkers not to make too much of initial post-holiday COVID numbers in his first post-Christmas COVID briefing on Tuesday, which comes as the city faces the highest rolling positivity rate it has seen in months and hospitalizations and confirmed virus deaths continue to rise. The seven-day rolling positivity rate hit 7.45 percent on Tuesday,…

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

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New York City firefighters start getting their initial vaccine doses Tuesday to better protect themselves and the people they serve. News 4’s Katherine Creag reports.

Even though a new strain of COVID-19 is not proven to be more deadly, it can spread more quickly and has the potential to overwhelm the health care system more rapidly. Infectious disease expert Dr. Dena Grayson joined LX News with a grim warning as we enter a New Year with historic infection rates and a virus mutation she believes...

New York is poised to eclipse 30,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths this week (though the actual toll is likely much higher already) as hospitalizations continue to climb amid an anxious wait for the dreaded holiday surge upon surge in cases. Securing hospital capacity has been the top priority for Gov. Andrew Cuomo over the last month as the numbers slowly —…

A New York-based healthcare provider accused of illegally obtaining and distributing doses of a coronavirus vaccine has returned its remaining stockpile, a spokesperson for the company said Monday. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

American Ballet Theater principal dancer James Whiteside is spreading the holiday spirit to young dancers. NBC New York’s Gus Rosendale reports.

The COVID positivity rate jumped to 8.3 percent in New York. Hospitals are filling up and test results are still coming in as New Yorkers return from holiday travel. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

According to NBC News’ tally, December has already been the worst month of the pandemic, both in terms of overall case load and death toll.

NBC New York’s Katherine Creag and Gaby Acevedo report.