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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the city of Columbus prepares to celebrate its biggest fireworks show, hospitals and fire departments are also preparing, for firework-related injuries. “These injuries tend ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Doctors and patients at UofL Health are urging people to use caution with home fireworks ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. According to UofL Health, in 2021 fireworks caused more ...

More than two years after a LAPD fireworks explosion destroyed homes in a South LA neighborhood, residents are demanding action from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The explosion injured 17 residents ...

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore has announced that four members of the department's bomb squad were disciplined for their involvement in a botched detonation of illegal fireworks in a South Los ...