NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John Conkling, pyrotechnics specialist and professor emeritus of chemistry from Washington College, about how firework sounds are designed. The Fourth of July is of ...

It's that time of year when the sound of fireworks and gunfire often get confused. Police say they often get calls for gunshots that actually end up being for fireworks. So how do you tell the ...

For many people around the world, the very first moments of the new year will be filled with the sounds and colorful light shows of fireworks. From loud bangs to long whistles, bright reds to pale ...

While watching and lighting fireworks may be exciting for some, others may find the noise triggering. Igniting fireworks and watching them light up the sky may be fascinating to some people, but the ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --Fireworks might have been invented in China 1,500 years ago, but we've been using them to celebrate since the U.S.A.'s first Fourth of July. "They just give a little oompf to the ...

NEWARK, Calif. (KGO) -- Sales have been slow at the Little League Safe and Sane fireworks stand off Mowry Avenue in Newark, one of several South Bay cities that allows the sale and use of fireworks.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Fourth of July holiday is this week and that means bright colors and big booms are coming to the night sky. Fireworks are a staple of the Independence Day celebration in the ...

Hours after a shooting spree at a Chicago-area parade, anxiety and confusion gripped Fourth of July celebrations nationwide Monday as some would-be celebrators confused the boom of fireworks for ...