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A cache of 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks seized at a South Los Angeles home exploded and destroyed an armored Los Angeles Police Department tractor-trailer, damaging nearby homes and cars and causing injuries, authorities said.

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Illegal Fireworks Explode In Los Angeles Bomb Squad Truck, Hurting 17

11:03am July 01, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Los Angeles Police bomb squad officers were in the process of seizing more than 5,000 pounds of illegal fireworks at a home in South Los Angeles at the time of the explosion.

Forensic investigators search for evidence after an explosion on Wednesday at a coronavirus testing center in the town of Bovenkarpsel, The Netherlands.

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Explosion Outside Dutch Coronavirus Testing Site, Police Say

12:16pm March 03, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Dutch police say the explosion went off outside of a coronavirus test center several miles north of Amsterdam. There were no injuries from the blast.

Upcoming Tinariwen Concert In Winston-Salem Prompts Threats On Social Media

11:30am July 23, 2019

by Eddie Garcia

An ad for an upcoming concert from a Grammy-winning North African rock band has prompted threats and hate-speech on social media.

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Flights from London City Airport, shown here last October, were closed Monday due to an unexploded World War II bomb.

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WWII Bomb Shuts Down Flights At London City Airport

12:26pm February 12, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The unexploded ordnance, described as a 500 kg German bomb by local authorities, has prompted the cancellation of all flights on Monday from the airport. The bomb was found in the River Thames.

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After Hiroshima Bombing, Survivors Sorted Through The Horror

7:29am May 28, 2016

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon remembers the work of John Hersey, who visited with people who lived through the bombing of Hiroshima. His reporting filled an entire issue of the New Yorker magazine in 1946.

President Obama said Thursday that he's taking

Obama Says There Is A 'Possibility' A Bomb Brought Down A Russian Plane In Egypt

7:38pm November 05, 2015

by Laura Wagner

On Thursday morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron said it was "more likely than not" that a bomb downed a Russian plane on Nov. 1. Obama didn't go that far, calling it a "possibility."