A drama that started over a 4th of July party and a plate of homemade food sparked a big conversation on TikTok—here’s the antipasto controversy, explained.

Richard Gere's sons see fireworks for the "very first time" as they celebrate the 4th of July. The actor shares his two younger sons, Alexander, 6, and James, 5, with wife Alejandra Gere.

A man who was shot at an Aurora apartment complex late at night on the Fourth of July has died, police said this week.

UPDATE: The holiday weekend’s drownings rose to 11, with the death of an infant in Mount Pleasant on Friday, July 4, police said. It was a deadly holiday weekend on the water, with the bodies of 10 people being recovered from incidents on inland lakes, ponds, pools and the waters of Lake Michigan since Friday, July 4.

Displays of patriotism were evident at parades and hot dog eating contests, even at a time of deep political divisions among Americans.

Known now as a day of patriotism and enjoying time off from work, the Fourth of July began the journey to becoming a quintessential American holiday in 1776, when the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,

Michigan's longest-running Fourth of July parade celebrated nearly 100 years in Ypsilanti on this Independence Day.

A man was arrested over the weekend in Mobile County after striking and fatally injuring pedestrian in a car crash. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, a single-vehicle crash occurred at about 11 p.m. on July 4 on Alabama State Route 217approximately five miles north of Semmes.

I woke up and knew I had to do something for my dad. That was the only thing on my mind, was my dad,” the “Next Gen NYC” star shared.

Nine people were killed and 40 others were injured in citywide violence over the holiday weekend, making it the least violent Fourth of July weekend in at least six years. The weekend runs from 5 p.m. Thursday to 5 a.m. Monday, meaning late Wednesday’s mass shooting — which left four dead and 14 others injured — was not counted in the total.