NEW YORK (WABC) -- The NYPD is showing off confiscated fireworks ahead of July 4. The department says it has seized $54,000 worth of illegal fireworks in recent weeks. There were three different busts ...

Each year, millions of Americans across the country buy consumer fireworks to light up the night in honor of July 4; a tradition that has been around since the first Independence Day nearly 250 years ...

Almost 15,000 fireworks-related injuries were reported in the U.S. in 2024, a 52% increase from the year before, according to the Consumer Protection Safety Commission, and around 20,000 fires are ...

NORTH JERSEY, NJ — If you hear a boom on the Hudson River this weekend, don't be surprised. Three fireworks displays were scheduled in Manhattan for the first weekend in October. On Friday, the Diwali ...

New York allows the sale and use of "sparkling devices," a specific type of firework, unless prohibited by local county law. These "sparkling devices" are ground-based or handheld, producing colored ...