KANSAS CITY, Mo. – As families start to gather in the coming weeks for high school and college graduation celebrations, power companies are warning about the dangers of releasing balloons into the air ...

Shiny, brightly colored balloons have long been a staple of University of Virginia graduations, with cartoon characters and glittering inflated numbers bobbing above the heads of the smiling former ...

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Graduation is just around the corner, but the shiny, flying balloons reading "Congrats, Grad!" might not be as common at parties this year. Several pockets in the country are running out of helium as ...

Bermuda College’s Commencement ceremony this Thursday will be slightly different, with the College saying they are “deliberately moving away from the use of traditional balloons as an integral part of ...

EAST ROCKAWAY, NY (CBSNewYork) --Some Long Island high school students are paying a hefty price for their end-of-year hijinks. The school principal, assistant principal and a crossing guard were among ...

I had my first major vibe kill from balloon pollution at a music show at San Francisco’s 2011 Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park. While finishing their set, a musician released hundreds of ...