This video tests a wild idea: using helium balloons to catch fish, and the results are surprisingly real. You will see the setup, the lift, and the hilarious moment the bait drifts into perfect ...

Otis, Kansas, is almost smack-dab in the middle of the Sunflower State, a community of about 280 people named after the son of the man who founded the town in 1886. It has a farmers coop, post office, ...

Otis, Kansas, produces and ships helium used to inflate Macy’s parade balloons. Messer plant cools, compresses and liquefies gas used to fill more than 30 balloons. Otis plant has supplied Macy’s ...

Kicking off Thanksgiving Day for the 99th time, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will wind its way through the streets of Manhattan with its blend of floats, bands, Santa Claus and the ...

The Balloon Museum has opened its 'Pop Air' exhibition in Houston, featuring inflatable, light-based and interactive works by artists from several countries. The museum project began in Rome in 2021 ...

The science pros at The King of Random test whether water balloons pop inside a vacuum chamber. Editorial: Another daylight robbery of the U.S. Treasury Russia-Ukraine peace deal denounced as ...

A new North Carolina law, effective October 1, 2025, prohibits mass balloon releases. The law aims to protect wildlife and the environment from the dangers of balloon litter. Several other states, ...

Falcon Heene became the biggest news story in the country in October 2009 when he was reported to be floating over Colorado in a homemade balloon — then his family's story really blew up Jessica Sager ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Anyone who watched the news in 2009 will remember “Balloon Boy,” the viral news story about a six-year-old boy who, supposedly, was trapped inside a helium-filled flying ...

As new laws passed by the Georgia General Assembly took effect July 1, one widely discussed issue is not among them: a ban on helium balloon releases. Despite social media chatter suggesting that ...

ATLANTA — Scores of new laws that were passed this year by the Georgia General Assembly take effect today, July 1. But a ban on helium balloon releases, the kind typically done at a memorial or vigil, ...