After a journey of a decade, what started as Project Loon by Google is no more. Promoted as a way to bring communications to the most remote parts of the globe, it used gigantic, high-altitude ...

The Chinese balloon that drifted across the US last week flew far higher than passenger jets. How high and how far can they travel? In May 2002, a balloon launched from the Sanriku Balloon Centre (SBC ...

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 ...

A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The large, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of ...

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 ...

Jonah Kaplan is an award-winning journalist who has built a strong reputation for his balanced reporting, thoughtful interviews, and deeply researched coverage of high-impact issues affecting the ...

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On Sept. 27, 1986, the Cleveland chapter of United Way planned to release some 1.5 million balloons — part publicity stunt, part record-breaker. Balloonfest '86 promised to put Cleveland — then a city ...

Senate Bill 452 would ban the intentional release of balloons and require CT retailers to attach weights to balloons sold.