The nation’s official 250th birthday celebration in Washington on July 4 will culminate in a red, white and blue-tinged fireworks display unlike anything the world has ever seen — or heard. That’s the ...

Dozens more were injured in the explosion, which appeared to be one of the country’s deadliest in recent years. By Chris Buckley An explosion on Monday in a fireworks factory in southern China killed ...

Arizona law permits the use of ground-based consumer fireworks like sparklers but restricts aerial fireworks. Fireworks can only be sold and used during specific dates around holidays like New Year's, ...

Efforts to revive a town's annual fireworks display after its cancellation earlier this month, have ended in failure. Local representatives tried to force Tamworth Borough Council to review its ...

The sight of a multi-colored fireworks exploding in the foothills of the Himalayas has sparked a furious environmental backlash, prompting a local government investigation in China and forcing global ...

Thanks to the 4th of July with its awesome firework fails, the hot sun bringing out the hot girls in their bikini fails, and other epic fails, this July fails compilation can feature some of the best ...

German authorities say at least 19 people were injured, four seriously, after a fireworks show went awry at a fair in the western city of Düsseldorf. Fire squad and emergency services deployed after ...

My neighbor can be fined $100 for leaving a chair on the tree lawn when it’s not bulk-garbage pickup week. Yet another neighbor is not fined for blowing off fireworks from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. (and for ...

Kansas City area hospitals continue to report fireworks-related injuries, with the weekend total reaching more than 30 as of Saturday afternoon. The University of Kansas Hospital’s initial report on ...

Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other" Getty The Fourth of July, also referred to as ...

THEY HEAR THUNDER OUTDOORS. WELL, NEW VIDEO SHOWS THE MOMENTS THAT FIREWORKS ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF AFTER LIGHTNING STRUCK WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A 4TH OF JULY EVENT IN SANFORD. THAT WAS LAST NIGHT.

The Fourth of July is anything but celebratory in the Emergency Room. Every year, doctors amputate fingers and hands damaged by fireworks. They try to save eyes. And sometimes they have to deliver the ...