The Fourth of July is about all things American: parades, cookouts, cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics remain at the center of Independence Day, a holiday 247 years in the making. Massive fireworks lit up the skyline of multiple American cities, marking festivities across the country.

The Fourth of July may have been Friday, but the fireworks, parades, concerts and festivals continue through the weekend to celebrate Independence Day. A quick reminder - while some ground-based fireworks are now legal in New Jersey, leave the big pyrotechnics to the pros.

Topping off the Independence Day celebration Friday in Cortez, the fireworks show was grand as ever. Just west of Parque de Vida was a car show, put on by BumzArodn. Crowds leisurely strolled by

WASHINGTON—President Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill” is now law. In a splashy Fourth of July ceremony, with a B-2 stealth bomber and jet fighters flying over the White House, Trump put his signature to the legislation,

US President Donald Trump prepared Friday to sign his flagship tax and spending bill in a pomp-laden Independence Day ceremony featuring fireworks and a flypast by the type of stealth bomber that bombed Iran.