Children's birthday parties are often decorated with bright, colorful balloons. Balloons are part of all the fun and games but the loud sound of a popping balloon may cause hearing damage to children, ...

Police in Florida have confirmed there was no active shooter at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Thursday, Aug. 29. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), on Friday, Aug. 30, the Orange County ...

The sound that shoppers at a popular Boca Raton mall thought was gunshots being fired over the weekend was actually a balloon being popped after it was run over, according to police. Officials with ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Two months after a gunman killed dozens inside an Orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons prompted shoppers to frantically flee an Orlando mall, injuring nine. Orange ...

BOSTON – Police say the sound of popping balloons mistaken for gunfire prompted schools around Boston's Fenway Park to go into lockdown. Boston police say officers responded to a call for shots fired ...

FRIDAY, Feb. 10, 2017 -- Blowing up your kid's birthday balloons could end in a bang -- and hearing loss, new research suggests. The Canadian study found that a bursting balloon can create sound ...

The Orange County Sheriff's Office revealed the true cause of the events in Florida on Thursday, Aug. 29 Roberto Machado Noa/LightRocket via Getty Police in Florida have confirmed there was no active ...