One defendant posted $1.5 million bail. Several others remained jailed as the case moved toward trial.

A Yolo County judge has granted $1.5 million bail to former Yolo County Sheriff's Lieutenant Samuel Machado, the owner of the Esparto fireworks facility where an explosion killed seven men last year.

A fireworks explosion on a Brooklyn street blew off several of a teen’s fingers and burned two others Sunday morning, cops said. The big bang occurred just after 10 a.m. at the intersection of Cropsey Ave.

Iran launched a salvo of missiles at US allies Bahrain and Kuwait on Saturday after fresh American strikes, drawing a furious response from the Gulf monarchies and further straining a fragile truce.CENTCOM said Iran had launched seven ballistic missiles towards Bahrain and Kuwait, but that six had been intercepted and one had fallen short.

In the U.S., firework factory explosions have been deadly. In Northern California, five people were charged with murder in a 2025 explosion at a fireworks wareh