Stephen Swanson is a web producer at CBS News Minnesota. Stephen was a floor director for a decade before moving to the WCCO-TV newsroom in 2011, where he focuses on general assignment reporting. A ...

A Monticello man died in a firework accident early on Independence Day. Trystin Murray, 31, was too close to a mortar tube when the firework was lit. Friends and family remembered Murray as someone ...

For the nation's semi-quincentennial, Rehoboth Beach advertised an over 6,000-shell show by Zambelli Fireworks. The city paid over $57,000 for it. At dusk the day after Independence Day in "The Nation ...

Marissa Sulek joined CBS News Chicago in January 2025. Before Chicago, Marissa was a general assignment reporter in Nashville at WSMV, where she was nominated for Mid-South Emmy Awards for her ...

San Francisco emergency departments and first responders experienced a sharp increase in serious injuries over the 4th of July holiday weekend. SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco emergency ...

Residents of Washington, DC, on Sunday briefly experienced the worst air quality of any major city in the world, according to a company that ranks pollution globally, as the capital reckoned with the ...

A Long Island man lighting a firework was killed when it exploded in his face during a Fourth of July backyard party, according to police. Gabriel Ruiz-Urresto, 37, ignited the “mortar style” ...

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This year's Fourth of July fireworks show on the National Mall in Washington is being billed by organizers as a massive display for the nation's 250th anniversary. The Freedom 250 group, formed under ...