MOTT, N.D. — A small town in North Dakota set a world record on New Year's Eve with a dazzling firework show. They set off 12, 16-inch mortar shells at the same time in Mott. The world record is ...

Gary Souza learned how to play with fire when he was 12. His father, who ran the family’s California-based fireworks business, would drive out to the countryside to test new shells, taking young Gary ...

A new fireworks company will use smaller shells and a bigger safety zone for Thursday’s Independence Day celebration on Lackawanna County Courthouse Square in Scranton, following injuries at an event ...