A 17-year-old boy was killed after a high-powered, illegal firework exploded in a backyard — rocking a neighborhood with a blast so powerful residents thought it was a bomb. The explosive detonated ...

After two years of Fourth of July nights without traditional fireworks in the sky, Wauwatosa's fireworks display is planned to return in 2026 at a new location. The 2026 fireworks display will launch ...

Among younger American adults, death from chronic disease actually increased — a rarity among high-income countries, a new report shows. By Nina Agrawal Chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

You can post your pictures of fireworks on social media, but will anyone really look at them? We all know fireworks on a screen, TV or computer or phone, are not at all like watching them in person.

In 2019, the Cox family Fourth of July celebration was underway when Harlee, then 7, lay down beside her mom, Kayla Cox, to watch partygoers set off fireworks from the road below. When someone lit a ...