The White House has unveiled a slate of celebrations to mark America’s 250th anniversary this summer, including a record-breaking fireworks show on July 4. Freedom 250, the White House commission ...

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 ...

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 ...

Other fireworks manufacturers in Liuyang, in central Hunan province, ordered to halt production after deadly blast An explosion at a fireworks plant in a central Chinese province has killed at least ...

A viral fireworks display from Liuyang, China, is nicknamed "Love in Hiroshima". The display showcases advanced pyrotechnic engineering and precise choreography. Liuyang engineers use strict safety ...

Netherlands expected to join Ireland in prohibiting most consumer fireworks as other EU countries debate crackdown Window-rattling explosions turned Yara Basta-Bos’s street into a “war zone” last week ...

SEATTLE — Seattle rang in the new year with the Space Needle's iconic fireworks and light show on New Year's Eve, with crowds of spectators gathered to watch the fireworks. The event featured a drone ...

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, ...

An unpermitted fireworks barge that exploded, injuring a half-dozen people in Alabama. A man police say shot fireworks at people injuring them along a Delaware beach. An illegal neighborhood fireworks ...

An 8-year-old girl was killed when an illegal July Fourth fireworks display blasted toward her, setting off other fireworks she was standing near — with the family friend who lit them already out 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 ...

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 ...