Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Colors, sparks, booms and whistles all require different pyrotechnic recipes. chensiyuan/WikimediaCommons, CC BY-SA For many ...

SOUTHPORT, N.C., June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- As Americans prepare to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday this Fourth of July, the American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) is encouraging families ...

The owner of one of the fireworks companies tied to the 2025 Esparto tragedy made a brief appearance in court on Thursday. An attorney for Kenneth Chee, who owned Devastating Pyrotechnics, asked not ...

Ever wonder how those massive fireworks spectacles get off the ground? From black powder to barium, music to mortars, pyrotechnics pro Jim Souza, whose company puts on the Macy's 4th of July Show in ...

Pyrotechnicians have an extraordinary job that requires several ordinary tools and a few specialized ones. There are two main types of pyrotechnicians: fireworks and special effects. Fireworks ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Their ancestors lit the fuse — while today's generation carries the torch. The Souza family, who have owned and operated one of ...

The Trump administration has enlisted the help of two private fireworks firms to put on an extended pyrotechnics display as part of the president’s overhaul of the nation’s Independence Day ...

Fireworks are cool as hell, which makes it all the more suspicious why there haven’t been more video games where you can make them blow up in large and ridiculous combinations. There have been a ...

Another Mid-Missouri Fourth of July fireworks show has been canceled after organizers say the pyrotechnics company they hired backed out just days before Independence Day. The Mexico Noon Lions ...

Too much of what makes fireworks go “BOOM” got 67 varieties of fireworks pulled Wednesday over four separate recalls on what appeared to be Fireworks Safety Day at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...