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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As the city of Columbus prepares to celebrate its biggest fireworks show, hospitals and fire departments are also preparing, for firework-related injuries. “These injuries tend ...

More than two years after a LAPD fireworks explosion destroyed homes in a South LA neighborhood, residents are demanding action from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass. The explosion injured 17 residents ...