Labor Day

The steel bands and brightly colored costumes of Caribbean Carnival came back to the streets of New York City, with the West Indian American Day Parade taking place in person Monday after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Throngs of people made their way to the streets of Brooklyn, where one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture takes place, after...

People are eager for the big West Indian Day Parade that takes place tomorrow in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

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Breaking from years of tradition, New York City will offer trash pickup on the Labor Day holiday as part of a new pilot program. The Department of Sanitation announced last week its plan to provide the holiday service thanks to hundreds of workers who volunteered to clear the sidewalks of the five boroughs. An estimated 1,600 workers are expected to…

The widely celebrated West Indian American Day Carnival parade is entering its 55th year and will be back in full swing after modifications due to the pandemic.  Participants are expected to flood the parkway this weekend for a range of events after celebrating virtually in past years. To say that many are happy to be back celebrating in person...

Starting Labor Day, the Department of Sanitation is asking workers to volunteer to come in on their holiday and clear the streets, Lynda Baquero reports.

Preparations are underway for these celebrations, which are taking place for the first time since the start of the pandemic, Marc Santia reports.

Some larger states like California, New York and Illinois are still seeing $4-a-gallon gas, however.

Romney Smith reporting on how the NYPD plans on keeping celebrations safe this year

Labor Day is a national holiday dedicated to celebrating the contributions and achievements of American workers. Here’s a history of the holiday from the U.S. Department of Labor.

President Joe Biden has marked Labor Day by delivering deli sandwiches to union members in his home state of Delaware

On what’s traditionally one of the sleepiest weekends at the movies, the Marvel film “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” smashed the record for Labor Day openings with an estimated $71.4 million in ticket sales.

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The labor holiday is more than cookouts and a time to stop wearing white.

Labor Day travelers looking for a last summer getaway are at least as eager, or more, to hit the road as they were during other long holiday weekends this year.

The sights and sounds of one of the world’s largest celebrations of Caribbean culture have been impacted once again this Labor Day due to the pandemic — the second consecutive year plans have had to be altered to deal with the still-present health crisis. New York City’s West Indian American Day Parade is one of the latest major events...

The New York Renaissance Faire is back for its 44th year! From the food, fun and all the festivities – you’ll definitely have a medieval time. Paul Costabile caught up with some of our favorite characters to see all the fun things you can do at the Renaissance Faire this year.

Learn about the history of Labor Day and how it became the celebration it is today.

The man allegedly left a cooler of fireworks at a concert which led police to find multiple other explosive devices, according to law enforcement officials, something that his brother previously called a misunderstanding

A man who was wanted by U.S. Marshals is in custody after leading authorities on jet ski chase in Miami Monday evening.