Nearly 4,000 households lost power in Southern California this week. The culprit? A shiny balloon, utility officials say. "We have thousands of these outages every year — it's a big problem," a ...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — No matter if it's done in memoriam or celebration, it creates a problem floating across the country. As we wrap up Earth Month, Ronnie from Ellsworth wants to know: What happens ...

For millions of Americans, spring weather is making this eclipse a nail-biter: Will clouds spoil their view? But that's not the case for the roughly 650 balloons being launched today by the Nationwide ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. There has been a fresh wave of balloon sightings across several ...

Connecticut has spent years trying to curb balloon releases. Now, some lawmakers want to take a different approach by ...

Shiny, brightly colored balloons have long been a staple of University of Virginia graduations, with cartoon characters and glittering inflated numbers bobbing above the heads of the smiling former ...