For many Americans, the idea of watching fireworks displays on the Fourth of July, and maybe even shooting off their own, has become synonymous with the holiday that celebrates the nation's ...

For backyard patriots, the rockets available this Fourth of July are flashier, more creative and louder than ever before. Thanks to an increase in the legal limit of the amount of pyrotechnic material ...

Sales of backyard fireworks have more than doubled in the past several years. July 4, 2008— -- As hundreds of thousands of Americans plan to celebrate the 4th of July by shooting off flashy ...

Before Sunday night's Baltimore Ravens' game against the New England Patriots, a rogue firework shot down at the field during ...

With wildfires raging across a bone-dry state, local officials are dousing plans for backyard fireworks displays over Independence Day weekend. Ground-based consumer fireworks, which the state ...

President Trump's tariffs are doing what Indiana lawmakers won't: curtailing fireworks. Trump's 145% tax on goods imported from China is making fireworks prohibitively expensive, just as retailers are ...

A 47-year-old New Britain woman is facing charges after police say a Fourth of July backyard fireworks display caused more than $14,000 in damage to her neighbor’s property. On July 4, Central Bucks ...

HALL COUNTY, Ga. — A local high school football coach wants to warn others about how dangerous fireworks can be after they nearly burned down his home. Seckinger High School Coach Tony Lotti shared ...

A 17-year-old boy died after a firework exploded in a South Los Angeles backyard on Wednesday evening. The teenager was reportedly handling the firework when it accidentally detonated, causing ...