Most Exeter residents are familiar with the powder house that stands by the Squamscott River. It was built in 1771 and was used to store gunpowder during the Revolutionary War. When school kids vis… ...

First used for battle in China in about 900 A.D., gunpowder spread throughout Eurasia by the end of the 13th century, eventually revolutionizing warfare as a propellant in firearms and artillery.

The Louisiana State Patrol will lift a voluntary evacuation order Friday for residents in the small town of Doyline, near where massive amounts of gunpowder were found, officials with the agency ...

The evacuation order will end at noon (1 p.m. ET) for the town where authorities found 6 million pounds (2,700 metric tons) of gunpowder improperly stored at Camp Minden, a Louisiana National ...