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Fireworks are booming before July 4, but why the ruckus?

by Associated Press
| June 27, 2020 12:03 AM

NEW YORK (AP) — They are a symbol of celebration, loudly lighting up the night sky and best known in the U.S. as the explosive exclamation point to Fourth of July festivities.

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