Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The area where a hot air balloon crashed on Sunday that left four dead and one critically injured about 55 miles northeast of ...

Graduation celebrations call for outdoor gatherings. But before firing up the grill, be sure to take precautions to ensure any Mylar balloons used to liven up the festivities won’t pose a threat to ...

Simonette says, though she felt prepared as a balloon handler, balloon handler training doesn’t include navigating around trees and other city infrastructure For nearly a century, the streets and ...

Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

Balloon releases may seem harmless, but environmental advocates say they can threaten wildlife, pollute waterways and even cause power outages.

"This poor deflated float!" one social media user wrote in response to Toys "R" Us mascot Geoffrey's deflated neck Gotham/GC Images Some Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade viewers are feeling a bit… ...

Space Perspective, a space tour operator that planned to use a high-altitude balloon to send people to the edge of space, appears to have ceased operations after being evicted from a Florida airport.

Meghan Simonett, who volunteered as a balloon handler in 2023, details the arm of the ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ balloon hitting a tree before the parade kicked off Meghan Simonette; Gotham/GC Images ...