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, ...

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 ...

The sound of balloons popping created a panic at Simmons University yesterday, forcing the Fenway campus into lockdown as students and faculty hid under desks or ran for the doors in fear of an active ...

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 ...

Multiple people were injured after the sound of balloons popping was mistaken for gunfire at the Mississippi State Fair. Major Pete Luke with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department said within minutes ...

DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE IS FACING CHARGES FOR A FIGHT THAT CAUSED A PANIC AT DISNEY WORLD AND EVEN STARTED RUMORS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. BUT ...

HAILEY, Idaho — In an alert posted by the Blaine County School District, school officials announced that Wood River Middle School had gone on lockdown Tuesday morning after a loud noise was heard from ...