The prototype of the modern grenade was created in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. They were made of bark, glass, clay, or earthenware pots filled with large grains of black powder that was set off by a fuse of corned powder housed in a quill...

A hand grenade is a small hand-held anti-personnel weapon designed to be thrown and then explode after a short time. The word "grenade" is derived from the Old French (pome) grenate ("pomegranate"), in reference to the general size of early grenades,...

Five men accused of belonging to a self-styled militia were indicted on federal explosives and weapons charges after raids that uncovered an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms, authorities said.The men remained in jail Thursday without bail after a federal agent testified this week...

A belt buckle resembling a hand grenade caused the evacuation of part of a terminal at Salt Lake City International Airport on Monday, officials said. The lobby and ticket counter areas of Terminal One were evacuated for about an hour...

Federal and state agents arrested six men and seized an arsenal of homemade hand grenades and firearms in raids Thursday, including one that forced the shutdown of a school.The men, members of the self-styled "Alabama Free Militia," had no apparent plans to use the weapons,...

A Muslim convert who talked about his desire to wage jihad against civilians was charged Friday in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall at the height of the Christmas rush, authorities said.Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, an American citizen from...