Family friend charged year after ‘nightmare’ illegal July Fourth fireworks killed 8-year-old girl
“It happened so quick. A fun day of friends turns into a nightmare,” the girl's grieving mother said.

Russia unleashed one of the most intense missile and drone attacks on Kyiv so far this year, killing at least 13 people and injuring dozens, according to Ukrainian officials.
“It happened so quick. A fun day of friends turns into a nightmare,” the girl's grieving mother said.
The large-scale attack with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones damaged buildings and civilian infrastructure across the city. Many residents took shelter at metro stations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday warned that Russia plans to launch a massive attack on Ukrainian soil, coming on the heels of a drone strike that hit a major communications center in Moscow. “We know that Putin has been preparing a massive strike against Ukraine for some time,” Zelensky wrote on the social platform…
A mock firing squad stormed into a Kentucky baptist church's vacation bible school -- and executed the devil as part of a bewildering skit in front of young children.
President Trump traveled to North Dakota on board a new Air Force One aircraft, which was a gift from Qatar. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.
President Trump responded to new ethics questions on two fronts - the use of a luxury Boeing Jet, gifted by the Qatari government as a temporary Air Force One, and his newly disclosed billion-dollar crypto fortune. Nancy Cordes has more.
"Balance of Power: Late Edition" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Republican Congressman Mike Flood of Nebraska says he has an "open mind" to adding ethics provisions to crypto market-structure legislation, including limits on executives or family members operating in the space. Michael Cadenazzi, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy, says the U.S. defense industrial base has suffered from decades of insufficient attention to capacity, leaving the country with bottlenecks, single-source risks and dependence on foreign suppliers. Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush, says President Donald Trump's crypto ventures could violate the Constitution's foreign emoluments clause if foreign government money is involved, and calls his holdings a "clear conflict of interest" as his administration regulates the industry. (Source: Bloomberg)
Sen. Tim Scott's bill targets birth tourism by denying birthright citizenship to children born to women on tourist visas in the United States.