1+ week, 2+ day ago (32+ words) Watch the 'Eyewitness News Guide: Your Money, Your Savings' on Monday at 5:30 p.m. on Channel 7 and wherever you stream ABC 7 New York ... Your Money, Your Savings Guide...

1+ week, 6+ day ago (573+ words) NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joined Bill Ritter for an exclusive interview on Up Close on Sunday following his historic win in the November general election. The 34-year-old state assemblyman will become the youngest New York mayor in more than a century on January 1, 2026. He will also be the first Muslim mayor of New York City. It will be a lot of firsts for the mayor-elect, who enters Gracie Mansion with an incredibly ambitious agenda focused on affordability for New Yorkers. During their interview, the two discussed many topics, including what the mayor-elect envisions during this transition period. "Oftentimes, transition times are pageantry. They are the moments you announce all of the people, you know, you owe favors to, this, that and the other," Mamdani said. "We want this to be a moment where we…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (754+ words) NEW YORK -- New home. Some format changes. Same monsters. "Sesame Street" launches its 56th season on Nov. 10 with NASCAR champion Bubba Wallace as a guest, a slightly tweaked format and a new way to watch - via Netflix. "There you are, hi," Elmo invites viewers at the top of the show. "Elmo so happy to see you." The popular children's staple will be offering an 11-minute main story at the top - up from 9 minutes last year - and a few new segments mixed with favorite returning ones. "In the history of 'Sesame Street,' we've always reinvented in some sort of way over our last 56 years," says Sal Perez, the executive producer. "We're always looking for ways to modernize - have the look and feel of the show feel really engaging for kids today." The 11-minute main story in the first episode involves Elmo, Abby…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago (455+ words) Garth Brooks' daughter and a former cop among Nashville's up-and-comers NASHVILLE -- Walk down Broadway in downtown Nashville at any time of the day or night and you'll hear music blasting from practically every establishment. Singers, songwriters and musicians, all doing what they love and hoping their music will reach a wide audience. Allie Colleen is one of those artists. Music has been her lifeblood, her passion since she was a child. And she's been listening and learning from the best ever since. "I think it was Jo Dee Messina. It was Christina Aguilera, it was Kelly Clarkson, it was Amy Lee from Evanescence, I just want to be the Amy Lee of country so bad! That's what I want to do," Colleen told On The Red Carpet. "I hope to take over the world in my life but I am…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago (535+ words) MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (WABC) -- The NYPD's intelligence and Counterterrorism Bureau quietly led the investigation and arrest of two teenagers from New Jersey, with the help of the FBI, for an alleged terrorist plot. Now police are looking into how the two friends from Montclair, New Jersey, became self-radicalized. Investigators say they planned to travel abroad to become ISIS fighters. Newly filed federal documents paint a disturbing picture of what police say the teenagers have been up to over the past few months. The two 19-year-old former high school athletes are charged with participating in an ISIS-inspired terror ring. Tomas Kaan Jimenez-Guzel and Milo Sedarat are both from upper-middle-class families who grew up on tree-lined streets in Montclair. "We're constantly challenged in our assumptions of who is or who isn't a potential ISIS supporter," Rebecca Weiner with the NYPD Intelligence and…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago (400+ words) NEW YORK (WABC) -- The time between getting the turkey on the table to the gifts under the tree is when millions of us will overspend. A study from badcredit.org found 61% of parents would rather go into debt than disappoint their families. Stretching your dollar make "cents!" Take advantage of any and all discounts or cashback and rewards. If not, use a simple hack that consumer expert Andrea Woroch doesn't shop without. "Definitely want to download the store app wherever you're shopping, because this could show you in store deals that you may have missed. Maybe there's a digital coupon you can clip to scan at checkout," Woroch said. Retailers reward members and followers. Use social media to like follow and share your favorite stores. You'll get promo code, and early access to deals which will drop online and in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (38+ words) This year's parade will feature 34 balloons, four mini-balloons, 28 floats, 33 clown groups and 11 marching bands - all leading the way for Santa Claus. Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC...

13+ hour, 37+ min ago (175+ words) "HIV Unwrapped" streams Nov. 30 on Hulu Fashion designers are known to tell stories with the clothes they create. For the Hulu special, "HIV Unwrapped," design students from the Parsons School of Design partnered with the best HIV scientists in the world to change the narrative about the stigma of HIV through fashion. "We are taking science, really complex science, and fashion, two worlds that you don't normally think come together, and weirdly, they do," said Karl Schmid, executive producer of "HIV Unwrapped" and co-founder of +Life Media to On The Red Carpet. Schmid has brought "HIV Unwrapped" to Australia, England and Rwanda and he was excited to bring the conversation to New York City. The special will take viewers behind the scenes of the fashion show to see how the garments were made, how the collaborations between designers and science…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago (444+ words) CHICAGO -- Jim Avila, a former longtime ABC News senior correspondent, whose investigative journalism earned him several of the most prestigious awards in broadcast news, has died. He was 69. His death after a long illness was announced internally by ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic. "Jim was a gifted journalist and a generous colleague," Karamehmedovic said in an email to staff. Avila had also a been "20/20" correspondent based in Los Angeles before departing from the network in 2021. He specialized in politics, justice, law and consumer investigations. He had previously covered the White House from 2012 to 2016, during President Barack Obama's second term. "He won the prestigious Merriman Award from the White House Correspondents Association for breaking the news that the United States and Cuba had reopened diplomatic relations," according to his ABC News official biography. "As the Senior Law and Justice Correspondent, he…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago (108+ words) Good news for YouTube TV customers, Disney and YouTube TV's parent company, Google, have reached an agreement to restore ABC, ESPN, and other Disney Channels. The deal also includes access to the new ESPN direct-to-consumer offering and the ability to get the Disney Plus and Hulu bundle as part of select YouTube offerings. This came in time to see the Clemson and Louisville game on ESPN and a big day of College Football on Saturday on ABC. Disney Entertainment Co-Chairmen Alan Bergman and Dana Walden and ESPN Chairman Jimmy Pitaro released a statement saying: Disney is the parent company of ABC, ESPN and this station....