NEW YORK (AP) - Kojak has his lollipop. Sherlock Holmes has his deerstalker cap. Jeremy Sisto has his pencil.
The actor often wields a long sharpened yellow pencil as he addresses a room full of federal agents on the hit CBS show “FBI.” His character will point with it ...
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Nancy Gouloff-Grabner’s collection of plywood character cutouts weren’t created for springtime.
Shrek and Donkey, Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and Sven and Olaf instead were made to delight trick-or-treaters along West Sherwood Terrace amid a landscape of pumpkins and fallen leaves.
But as others ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A day after issuing guidelines that restricted trick-or-treating and other Halloween traditions because of the coronavirus pandemic, Los Angeles County health officials walked back some of the rules on Wednesday.
The county Department of Health initially said Tuesday that trick-or-treating, haunted houses and parades would be ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - Peeps treats are going on hiatus for several months - another consequence of the coronavirus pandemic.
Just Born Quality Confections said it won’t be producing the popular marshmallow sweets for Halloween, Christmas or Valentine’s Day as the Bethlehem, Pennsylvania-based company prepares for next Easter, PennLive.com reports.
...DOVER, Del. (AP) - The mayor of Dover says the city will move forward with plans to allow Halloween trick or treating and to host an annual holiday celebration in December.
The Delaware State News reports that Mayor Robin Christiansen said he expects participants to wear face masks and social ...
Republican House candidate Kim Klacik ignited a firestorm on ABC's "The View" Friday after bringing up comedian Joy Behar's "beautiful African woman" Halloween costume.
The Maryland Republican fielded multiple questions about President Trump allegedly being "racist" by the show's liberal hosts and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic before the ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Roving grown-ups tossing candy at kids waiting on lawns. Drive-thru Halloween haunts. Yard parties instead of block parties and parades. Wider paths through corn mazes.
The family holiday so many look forward to each year is going to look different in the pandemic as parents and ...
Americans may not know if trick or treating will happen this year because of the pandemic, but they’re buying a lot of Halloween candy while they wait to find out.
U.S. sales of Halloween candy were up 13% over last year in the month ending Sept. 6, according to data ...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina college town's popular Halloween celebration will not be permitted this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chapel Hill officials announced Friday afternoon that all town-sponsored public events and festivals through the end of the year have been canceled, the News & ...
The distance for Adam Sandler from last year's frantic, high-wire act “Uncut Gems” to his new Netflix comedy, “Hubie Halloween," is great, but maybe not as vast as it sounds.
Both feature Sandler playing someone who romanticizes something out of proportion (a high-priced gem in “Uncut Gems," Halloween in ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ten California counties were cleared to ease coronavirus restrictions Tuesday, including some in the Central Valley that saw major case spikes over the summer, but the state's top health official warned that upcoming Halloween celebrations pose a risk for renewed spread.
Dr. Mark Ghaly, the ...
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Nebraska officials say Halloween celebrations may need to be tweaked this year because of the coronavirus pandemic as the state continues to set records for the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Gov. Pete Ricketts said Wednesday that he thinks children will still be able to go trick-or-treating ...
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - The city of Beverly Hills has banned trick-or-treating this Halloween to try to prevent spread of the coronavirus.
The action was taken in an urgency ordinance approved by the City Council Tuesday night.
The ordinance bars trick-or-treaters from going house to house or car to ...
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) - A fall tradition started by Sheryl Pinkham in Clear Lake has received a new face.
The face - one of a jack-o’-lantern - was painted Wednesday afternoon.
Brothers Xander Medellin, 5, and Bellamy North, 2, of Mason City, took turns painting the pumpkin, including its ...
With Halloween nearly upon us, Count Zad offers a few Blu-ray and 4K ultra-high definition movie suggestions for this terrifying season.
The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection (Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Rated PG to R, various aspect ratio, 473 minutes, $69.98) — A quartet of the most terrifying films from the ...
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Inflated and wavering in the blustery night wind as they are, the Audrey II man-eating plants probably jump out first; then the jack-o’-lantern garage, spread with bared fangs topped by glowing eyes. Hanging black lights turn rain reflections on the pavement into abstract, oscillating purples and ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Trick-or-treating with Indiana's governor has been canceled this year because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Following advice from Indiana’s health commissioner, Gov. Eric Holcomb announced this past week that he and his wife, Janet, won't host Halloween festivities at the Governor’s Residence in Indianapolis.
“In the interest ...
Can I celebrate Halloween during the pandemic?
Yes, but probably not like you normally would. Health experts say some Halloween traditions like crowding on doorsteps for candy and inching your way through haunted houses heighten the risk of spreading COVID-19 and should be avoided.
But there are ways to ...
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (AP) - The setting: a rolling patch of Pennsylvania farmland, about 15 miles from the little town where “Night of the Living Dead” was filmed. The moment: Halloween season 2020, a moonlit Friday night.
She strides up to the hayride, then beckons you to the dimly lit tent ...
Every October, Christians trash each other on social media over Halloween. Is it harmless costumes and candy? Participation in the occult, cavorting with demons? Co-opting a pagan holiday?
Christians believe demons are real. The Bible talks about them. Most Christians agree that you should stay away from them. Fallen angels ...