LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Independence Day fireworks left so many contaminants in the air that an air-quality alert was issued for much of Southern California on Tuesday. "It was going off everywhere," ...

It's time to celebrate the red, white and blue. While some local events have been canceled this Fourth of July, there are plenty of options to mark the holiday - at both ticketed and free events. Here ...

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Discover What’s Streaming On: Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Alfonso Ribeiro returns to host the 45th anniversary of A Capitol Fourth fireworks spectacular on PBS! Watching fireworks? A ...

Founding Father John Adams once wrote that American independence should be celebrated with "illuminations from one end of this continent to the other" Charna Flam is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...