Fireworks vs. drones: As options grow, cities search for balance of safety and spectacle Fast-growing drone shows are challenging traditional fireworks displays for big holiday events.

Milwaukee County, in collaboration with the Milwaukee Parks Foundation, plans to use drones instead of fireworks for its long-standing McKinley Beach July 3 celebration.

MILWAUKEE - Communities across southeast Wisconsin will light up the sky with fireworks for the Fourth of July.

Marking the end of a longtime tradition, the Fourth of July celebration at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena will not feature a fireworks show this year. Instead, there will be a drone show.

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The event, featuring 400 drones, marked the largest fireworks and drone show with the Cincinnati Reds to date. "We want to bring people something different," said Joe Rozzi of Rozzi's Fireworks.

The Eiffel Tower lit up with fireworks in a spectacular Bastille Day display on July 14th. The annual celebration marks the storming of the Bastille in 1789, a key moment that sparked the French ...

Police will use drones this July 4 to catch people using illegal fireworks in Riverside. (Photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG) So far, calls to police about fireworks are less than ...

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