In one of the most spectacular sights on this Fourth of July, a parade of tall ships sailed up the Hudson River in New York City in the largest maritime parade in modern history.
Organizers called off the Independence Day Parade late Friday, citing an extreme heat warning with temperatures expected to reach up to 115 degrees. The evening fireworks display remains scheduled.
Lara Spencer has the highlights from the celebration in Lower Manhattan, where more than a million people flooded the "Canyon of Heroes" to see the New York Knicks.
Thousands of New Yorkers will descend on Lower Manhattan on Thursday morning to celebrate the Knicks. Here’s what you should know if you are one of them.
The department announced that it would deploy more than 10,000 of its ranks and put stringent security measures in place for the celebration of the Knicks’ N.B.A. championship on Thursday.