The 48-year-old man visited a travel center in New Mexico to buy the fireworks, telling store employees he needed fireworks that could be thrown "directly at people to cause harm."

Over the last two days, investigators have searched the Houston-area trailer owned by Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the man who killed 14 people in New Orleans in the early morning hours of New Year’s Day.

A standoff on Hopper Road involving a stolen car, firearms, and explosives ended peacefully with the suspect's surrender.

Police in League City are checking an apartment for possible explosives after responding to a welfare concern Monday evening. They have a man in protective custody, but it was mentioned there may be explosives inside the man's apartment.

Firefighters near Porter had to destroy a barn filled with fireworks and other explosives that were discovered Tuesday.