A Carmichael boy on Sunday dug up a live, military-grade explosive with an up to 1,000-foot blast radius in his backyard, according to authorities. The 81 millimeter mortar explosive shell must have ...

Police said the incident happened on Monday evening when a scrap collector sawed into a recovered shell in the Barmal district of Paktika province.

A donation to a Houma museum thought to be live ordnance poses no threat to the public, Houma Police Chief Travis Theriot said.