Police here had their hands full running after some youngsters who defied the decades’ old firecracker ban in the city on ...

Exploding firecrackers, injuries and street unrest: Germany's Police Union (GdP) expects a turbulent New Year's Eve and is warning of too few officers to handle the scale of disturbances. "Police are ...

Hawaii authorities are cracking down on illegal fireworks after a tragic explosion last New Year's Eve killed six people.

While ringing in 2026, fine particle levels potentially left from exploding fireworks spiked in these locations.

Germany's New Year celebrations descended into chaos with more than 400 arrests in Berlin alone as illegal fireworks were used as weapons, leaving dozens injured, including a seven-year-old boy who ...

This photo provided by the Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement shows seized illegal fireworks stored in a bunker in Waipahu, Hawaii, on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. (Hawaii Department of Law Enforcement ...

HONOLULU (AP) — Mike Lambert heard fewer illegal fireworks exploding in his suburban Honolulu neighborhood in the months after a chain of blasts at a house party last New Year’s Eve led to the deaths ...