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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. — There was a scare on the campus of Barry University on Thursday following reports of an armed and active shooter. A series of loud popping sounds created pure panic, but ...

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 ...