The meteor streaked across the region around 2 p.m., according to NASA, hurtling into Earth’s atmosphere at a speed of roughly 75,000 miles per hour.

NASA said the energy released when the meteor broke up was equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT.

A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a house, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said ...

A suspected World War II-era shell exploded beneath a stilt house in a fishing village in Indonesia's eastern Papua region on ...

Residents from New Hampshire down to Rhode Island heard a loud boom, some even reporting their entire house shaking.

Local authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the sound, and it remains unclear whether it was linked to an industrial incident, military activity or another event.