Brittney Ball, a 36-year-old former Meta documentation engineer, says being laid off earlier this year as part of a round targeting “low performers” has been a life-changing experience. Once a single ...

Macy's is set to celebrate its 99th annual Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, Nov. 27, with 28 floats, 11 marching bands, 33 clown crews, nine performance groups and more large balloons than before.

When Macy’s first introduced a helium-filled character balloon into the Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1927, people watching from the sidewalks of New York didn’t quite know what they were looking at.

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, ...

The mysterious impact of a United Airlines aircraft in flight last week has sparked plenty of theories as to its cause, from space debris to high-flying birds. However the question of what happened to ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado is no stranger to strange objects floating or flying across the sky (remember “Balloon Boy” from October 2009?), and many residents wanted answers for a strange balloon seen ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Special Shapes Rodeo creates one of the most special days of the Balloon Fiesta, and there have been some pretty crazy shapes that have graced the skies of Albuquerque ...

Spectators and ballooning pilots are made their way into Balloon Fiesta Park for the day two festivities amid the 53rd Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.The morning session started with the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Students in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho got an up close look at the balloons at this year’s Balloon Fiesta, the morning before the first Mass Ascension. Around 200 Balloon Fiesta ...

OTHER LOCATION. IT’S IN ALBUQUERQUE FOR A REASON. IT’S IN ALBUQUERQUE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. COORDINATION IS KEY. AS THE BALLOONS PREPARE FOR LAUNCH FROM DAWN PATROL TO A DEDICATED TEAM OF ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lanee Lee covers global dining and drinking. It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Albuquerque, New Mexico. And no, I don’t ...