Always light them in open spaces and keep water nearby — a garden hose or bucket is ideal. If a firework fails to ignite (a “dud”), wait 15-20 minutes, then soak it in water before disposing of it.

A bumper 0.5 percentage point Fed rate cut arrived in September, along with doveish comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell on rates continuing to fall. The fed followed this up in early November by ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,123 points, or 2.6%, and the Nasdaq composite dropped 3.6%. The Fed said Wednesday it’s cutting its main interest rate for a third time this year ...

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks tumbled to one of their worst days of the year after the Federal Reserve hinted Wednesday it may deliver fewer shots of adrenaline for the U.S. economy in 2025 than ...

The S&P 500 fell 2.9%, just shy of its biggest loss for the year from the summer, to pull further from its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1,123 points, or ...