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The holly, jolly, best time of the year got a light-filled launch on Wednesday, when the towering Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center was officially turned on.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas because the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be illuminated on Wednesday.

It’s a sure-fire way to know that the holiday season has almost arrived: the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has arrived in New York City.

Officials now believe that Jacquline Terrulli’s remains were moved from the burned-down home, but haven’t been able to locate them yet as the search has gone on for weeks. NBC New York’s Brian Thompson reports.

As states across the nation begin to crack down on certain types of e-cigarettes amid recent reports of an outbreak of a mysterious lung disease tied to vaping, state officials in New Jersey have proposed a ban on all electronic smoking products. Tracie Strahan reports.

Veteran Benny Ficeto has worked at Stop & Shop for 10 years. And he just celebrated his 98th birthday. Erica Byfield reports.

A wayward sheep escaped from a 2-year-old’s birthday party in Park Ridge on Saturday and is still on the lam. Drew Wilder reports.

A study from Georgetown University shows one popular family planning app, DOT, is about 95 percent effective, almost the same as the pill. KPRC’s Haley Hernandez reports.

We may not have the Met Gala to look forward to this year due to coronavirus, so we’ll just have to make do with reliving Lady Gaga’s 16-minute entrance outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art last year. Never one to stray from a statement entrance, Gaga hit the campiest notes at the 2019 Met Gala in her four outfits, stripping...

An unusual visitor is getting a lot of attention at a New Jersey beach community. It’s a friendly rooster that’s not afraid to get close to cars or people. But as NBC10’s Jersey Shore bureau reporter Ted Greenberg discovered, the rooster isn’t the first of his kind to mysteriously turn up in town.

The biggest baby on record at New York’s Arnot Odgen Medical Center in Elmira was born this week to parents who thought they would never have a child of their own. Joy Buckley, from Corning, gave birth this week to her 15-pound miracle baby girl, Harper Buckley, after trying for about seven years. WETM’s Samantha Lantz reports.

Every year, Jeanine Harris begins decorating for Christmas on Oct. 1. When she’s done, she has 175 Christmas trees that go with other holiday ornaments in and around her home. WXII’s Mallory Lane reports.

The Wanaque Police Department got a highly unusual call over the weekend.

An autopsy confirms a Mississippi toddler was still alive when her grandmother allegedly placed her in a hot oven after stabbing her. WMC’s Kelli Cook reports.

American Airlines inducted its first flight attendant with special needs and a terminal illness Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. The gesture was a “dream come true” for 17-year-old Shantell “Princess” Pooser. WIS News’ Emily Scarlett reports.

A case of road rage ends with a big rig smashing into a highway median in New Jersey.

After a violent wreck on Delaware’s Route 1 on July 6 killed Mary Rose Trinidad’s husband and children and injured her, she says she’s determined to get justice. “All my broken bones and injuries will heal,” she said, “but not the unbearable pain in my heart.” She wants the driver who hit her prosecuted.