POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- There was a close call on a street in upstate New York Sunday. A grandmother dodged an "exploding" manhole. In Poughkeepsie, New York, a family was strolling down the sidewalk ...

A 76-year-old grandmother was killed when an e-bike battery exploded like a “blowtorch” inside a Queens pizzeria on the Fourth of July – trapping her as she tried to leave the bathroom, the FDNY said.

Yasha Davis, 37, knew her pit bull terrier chased fireworks but did not secure the animal as family members were lighting off some on July 3, an arrest affidavit states. A St. Petersburg woman whose ...