HOUSTON -- Firefighters were called to Deerbrook Mall near Houston Monday after a hoverboard caught fire and set off a small explosion. It happened at around 3 p.m. at a kiosk that was selling them.

Wait a minute, Doc. What are these crazy two-wheeled devices that are popping up all over Philadelphia? And could one of them reach 88 miles an hour? It’s a windy, overcast afternoon. Might even rain.

Irvin R. Love was searching Amazon for the perfect Christmas gift for his girlfriend’s daughter when a hoverboard popped up at a bargain price. But the $264 hoverboard that was supposed to make ...

Ever since Marty McFly zipped around on one in Back to the Future Part II, people have looked forward to the day they could own a hoverboard. Here we are at the end of 2015 (the year in which that ...