And it’s no joke, the smoke that hangs over the Bowl and the whole neighborhood, like a ‘50s smog, all the next day. As staffer David Wilson reports, Caltech professor Rick Flagan has shown fireworks ...

For Americans across the country, Independence Day is a cause for celebration – but it’s a day that can also present a serious health hazard. Fireworks – which illuminate the sky each year ...

an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on the fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the ...

Other events planned for the week-long celebration include a parade, a pickleball tournament, and an air show. Cocoa Beach’s Independence Day celebration this year is swapping fireworks for drones.

Quinny Shepple (from left), Cooper Shepple, Kahlani Kelley, Farrah Combs, Levi Powell and Ava Brown get ready to down some watermelon during the kids’ watermelon eating contest at the Rotary Club of ...