The U.S. capital, Washington, saw its worst air quality of the year over the July 4 weekend, as smoke from a massive ...

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A trailer loaded with fireworks erupted in flames along a Tennessee interstate Saturday night, sending pyrotechnics shooting across the roadway and forcing authorities to temporarily shut down traffic ...

Cellphone video captured a spectacular, pre-Fourth of July display of fireworks on a Tennessee highway Saturday evening as a trailer carrying the incendiary haul erupted, authorities said. Subscribe ...

Summer fireworks season is on the horizon for Massachusetts, with shows scheduled from late May through September, including many around the Fourth of July — marking the nation's 250th birthday. Here ...

Fireworks will light up the skies over the Strip and downtown Las Vegas every Saturday in June and July to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Las ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

North Carolina prohibits fireworks that leave the ground, including Roman candles and bottle rockets. Legal fireworks include sparklers, smoke devices, and various small novelties. Independence Day is ...

Americans look forward to celebrating the Fourth of July each year. Cookouts, parades, and gatherings are common, as is attending fireworks shows. Some people put on their own shows by purchasing ...