VALPARAISO — Earlier this month, 150 Region elementary school students participated in the first of three high-altitude balloon launches at Valparaiso University this school year. Griffith ...

YouTuber MrBeast challenged Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and high school senior Jake Balanovich to pop balloons with a ...

Before the Space Race, American soldiers and sailors competed against the Soviets to launch balloons high into the upper ...

Can you name the popular cartoon cat who was the parade's first-ever character balloon? Paris C. is a full-time editor based in Michigan with 12+ years of experience writing and editing ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicked off Thursday morning in New York City with a steady rain that added ponchos and umbrellas to the lineup of balloons, floats and star ...

NEW YORK CITY (WPIX) – The 98th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will take over Manhattan Thursday morning, lining the streets with extravagant balloons. But before those balloons can ...

Tony Sarg's upside-down floating puppet balloons thrill millions across the country, young and old, to this day.

These New Yorkers are pumped for the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Hundreds of spectators gathered on the Upper West Side Wednesday to watch both classic characters and new additions take flight ahead ...

After suffering a hamstring strain, Nets up-and-comer Cam Thomas is set to miss three to four weeks, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. Brooklyn Nets rising star Cam Thomas will miss three to four weeks ...

The balloons in the Macy’s parade have evolved over the years, but they always feature beloved cartoon characters both old and new. This year’s parade will feature four new balloons alongside ...

The history of balloon flight dates to 1783, when two French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier, discovered that filling a bag with hot air would cause it to rise. They demonstrated their ...