Chicago? Backyard use of fireworks and related injuries are increasing nationwide, according to industry and government data, and researchers say thousands of children each year are among the victims.

Long, Garrett and others say fireworks sales in Douglas County took a hit in 2003 when the city of Lawrence banned them. Sales have since rebounded considerably, they said. Nationwide, backyard ...

Wasaga Beach is snuffing out private firework displays. A new bylaw will ban the consumer sale of fireworks in the ...

Every year, events like the Fourth of July paint the night sky with bursts of red, white and blue — a tradition as American as backyard barbecues and parades. But this year, those celebrations face an ...

Matthew Sellars, 35, and two others were handling fireworks at a backyard gathering in Greenback when one exploded into his chest on Thursday evening, witnesses told the Blount County Sheriff’s ...