On a windy day in February, crowds gathered for the Hot Air Balloon and Kite Festival at the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. They were there to see the sky fill with colorful ...

As Donald Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” for announcing “reciprocal” tariffs on America’s trading partners approaches, the question in Beijing is whether this will be the moment when ...

At this stage, it is unclear whether further NOAA employee cuts will result in further reductions in the number of weather balloons being launched, or whether increased efficiencies will allow ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Fact check. If Jim Chalmers wants applause for the “biggest ever” improvement in the budget bottom line since Labor’s May ...

The National Weather Service is reducing the number of weather balloon launches—and thus, the amount of data collected from American skies—following sweeping cuts to the National Oceanic and ...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS NAMED ITS OMAHA AND RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA LOCATIONS AS TWO OF SEVERAL SUSPENDING OR REDUCING ITS WEATHER BALLOON LAUNCHES. THIS IS TIED TO JOB CUTS BY THE ...

During the 3:00 p.m. Festival of Fantasy parade on March 23, the hot air balloon atop Mickey and Minnie’s parade float deflated. The malfunction was shown in a video posted to X by @YaktheQuack, which ...

Ms. Stack is a contributing Opinion writer, reporting from North Las Vegas. They gathered early in North Las Vegas, waiting under the hot sun in a snaking line in the middle of a workday for their ...