WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Fourth of July holiday is this week and that means bright colors and big booms are coming to the night sky. Fireworks are a staple of the Independence Day celebration in the ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — On this holiday we celebrate our independence and honor those who served. Many of us relate the sound of ...

For many people around the world, the very first moments of the new year will be filled with the sounds and colorful light shows of fireworks. From loud bangs to long whistles, bright reds to pale ...

It's that time of year when the sound of fireworks and gunfire often get confused. Police say they often get calls for gunshots that actually end up being for fireworks. So how do you tell the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with John Conkling, pyrotechnics specialist and professor emeritus of chemistry from Washington College, about how firework sounds are designed. The Fourth of July is of ...

In a multi-break firework, stars are contained in separate cardboard compartments within the shell. Each compartment has its own bursting charge, which ignites and throws out the stars. In order to ...