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Millions in Texas and across the southern U.S. are still without power amid record-breaking winter storms and sub-freezing temperatures, leading some residents to turn to high-risk heat sources to try to keep warm.

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Stephen Hahn, on Saturday assured Americans that no corners were cut in the vaccine’s emergency use authorization. He also urged people to continue wearing masks while the vaccine rolls out over the next year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio took to the radio airwaves on Friday to reiterate that although Halloween is still going to take place in the city and children will be able to go trick-or-treating, it will not resemble the spooktacular event of years past due to the ongoing pandemic. On Oct. 21, Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled this year’s Halloween guidelines…

Keeping up with your child’s well visits and immunizations is vital to their health. Learn how Hackensack Meridian Health is keeping their patients and team members safe at HackensackMeridianHealth.org/GetCareNow.

With coronavirus cases surging across the U.S., kids and parents are being reminded to celebrate Halloween safely. Etiquette expert Elaine Swann joins LX News to provide social distancing tips you should consider to have fun and stay safe this weekend.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy issued an executive order Wednesday that will provide mandatory health and safety standards in an effort to protect all workers, both in the public and private sectors, in New Jersey during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Since the start of the pandemic, New Jersey workers across all sectors have risen to the challenges imposed by COVID-19,”…

NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker shares tips for celebrating a safe Halloween this year, such as carving pumpkins outside with others, participating in virtual costume contests and setting candy around your own home for a unique trick-or-treating experience.

Dr. Cat Begovic is back on E! with a reboot of “Dr. 90210” that features an all-woman cast of plastic surgeons. She talks about the importance of bringing more women into her field and about how she’s continuing to perform plastic surgeries with extra protections against COVID-19.

Mayor Bill De Blasio said 74 percent of NYC students were planning to attend school in person, per the results of a city survey, and 85 percent of teachers intend to physically teach in schools. The remaining 26 percent of students and 15 percent of teachers opted for an all-remote model.

Swimming remains banned or restricted at a number of Long Island beaches following a series of shark sightings over the last few days, one of which involved the largest bull shark the town of Hempstead has seen in years. Katherine Creag with the latest.

Governors Island will open to the public with limited capacity for passive recreational activities on Wednesday. To ensure a safe environment for all visitors, there will be a number of health, safety and social distancing protocols, including a new ticket reservation system to manage capacity on ferries, according to the Trust for Governors Island. Governors Island features wide-open park spaces,…

Four more states were added to the tri-state’s quarantine-restricted list Tuesday — New Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Ohio. Delaware came off, no longer meeting the criteria to be considered a viral hotspot under New York standards.

Some important reminders for the upcoming holiday weekend on how to sail your boats safely, Lynda Baquero reports.

A piece of sheet metal was seen on video dangling and getting blown away in the wind has led some to call for something to be done about the former Trump Plaza CasinoNBC New York’s Ted Greenberg reports.

Parents in Eastchester crowded an auditorium Sunday night looking for answers after a burglar walked through an elementary school on Friday, calling into question the school’s security measures and safety protocols. The parents claim a security guard, on her second day, let the man roam the halls of the school for seven minutes without asking for identification. Eastchester School...

Beachgoers at the Jersey Shore would have to tether their beach umbrellas to the sand to prevent them from flying off and injuring people under a recently introduced bill. Assemblyman Eric Houghtaling, a Monmouth County Democrat, wrote a bill that would require beach umbrellas to be secured to the sand with an attachment that bores down into the sand, with…

Firefighters are warning against a viral internet challenge that has caused Tik Tok users to start fires with their cell phone chargers.

Current firefighter Jimmy Karlbon, an ex-chief of the Avenel Fire Department in New Jersey, is not the only hero in his family — his 6-year-old daughter jumped into that role Sunday, ultimately saving her entire family. According to the fire department, firefighters were dispatched around 2:17 a.m. Sunday to a residential fire. When they arrived at the location, they found…

New York lawmakers are pushing for big changes in limo safety. Erica Byfield reports.

Political leaders in New York have reached an agreement to pass new limousine safety bills inspired by deadly crashes in 2015 and 2018, officials said Tuesday. The proposals target unsafe limos and lax regulations, said Senate Majority Leader Andrew Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, all Democrats. The legislation also includes immobilization of defective limousines, GPS and…