Joe Heim

Organizers plan to shoot off more than 850,000 fireworks during the 40-minute show.

The July Fourth fireworks show on the National Mall will start later, last longer and have far more pyrotechnics than any held previously on Independence Day, according to officials in charge of producing the event.

A decision will be made Friday morning about whether the “A Capitol Fourth Concert,” held on the West Lawn of the U.S Capitol, will take place as planned, according to a Capitol Police statement.

Louis "Speedy" Weber was 25 in June 1944 when he crossed the English Channel as part of the massive Allied invasion force that landed on Normandy beaches to push the Nazis out of Western Europe.

On the National Mall, in the heart of Washington, D.C., Americans expressed their pride, concern and hopes for the country as it turns 250 years old.

Temperatures on Friday and Saturday are expected to exceed 100 degrees.

The 40-minute spectacle that started just before midnight capped off a day of extreme heat, lightning strikes, an evacuation order and widespread confusion.

A developer of the Digital Gateway Project withdrew its challenge of an appeals court ruling against the plan to build data centers near the Manassas National Battlefield Park.

The work is the latest installment by a secret, satirical group that criticizes the president.

By Gayl Staver wasn't quite sure what to make of the 10-foot-tall gold-colored “Iran War Participation Trophy” dedicated to President Donald