GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) - When Hurricane Sally knocked down his fence and hurled debris across the Florida Panhandle, John Rebolledo didn't just clean up his yard and call it a day. Instead, he gathered up the hurricane's forgotten treasures and spent a month turning it into a life-sized pirate ...
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Florida man uses hurricane debris, builds giant pirate ship
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Editorial Roundup: Kentucky
Recent editorials from Kentucky newspapers:
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Oct. 28
The Daily News on trick-or-treating during Halloween amid the coronavirus pandemic:
There is something special about Halloween that has caused it to retain its popularity from generation to generation.
Halloween is a fun time, especially for kids.
Temperatures have begun to cool, ...
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Inside the Beltway: Worried media tries to bury Trump's 'great American comeback'
Much of the news media is reluctant to share any good economic news, fearing it will reflect positively on President Trump some 96 hours before Election Day. But wait. News organizations can't overlook the U.S. economy's record-breaking leap of 33.1% between July and September — so they simply dampen the ...
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GOP Arkansas candidate faces criticism over Klan costume
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A Republican candidate for the Arkansas Senate who dressed up like a member of the Ku Klux Klan for a Halloween event when he was in high school is facing criticism from former classmates and advocacy groups.
Charles Beckham III is challenging state Sen. Bruce ...
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Are people doing more this Halloween? Retailers see sales up
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Myriya Bates and Shoney Henry stood in the aisle at Party Time, discussing how to decorate a plastic cauldron for Halloween.
Henry, who was holding a vampire costume Wednesday afternoon, wanted to attach spiders to the cauldron. “We’re getting all this good stuff to decorate,” ...
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Halloween in the pandemic: Costumes and candy, at a distance
Ghosts, skeletons, princesses and black cats roamed the streets as usual this Halloween, but they kept their distance, wore face coverings and carried hand sanitizer in their quest for treats.
Like with everything else this year, the pandemic also left its mark on Halloween. Parades, parties and haunted houses ...
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Sex offenders face Halloween curfew again in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is again requiring registered sex offenders to turn off their lights and not answer the door for trick-or-treaters on Halloween.
The state Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services said all people on the sex offender registry are on curfew starting at 5:30 p.m. ...
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Elvira 'Mistress of the Dark' to auction off her famous costumes
A Los Angeles auction house made a big announcement Friday, perfectly timed to scare up some buzz for a Halloween icon's memorabilia.
"The exclusive auction celebration of the career of American actress, writer, singer, pop culture icon and sex symbol, Cassandra Peterson — known the world over as "Elvira, Mistress ...
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Sword-wielding man arrested after Halloween deaths in Quebec
QUEBEC CITY (AP) - A man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a Japanese sword was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing two people and wounding five others on Halloween near the historic Château Frontenac hotel in Quebec City.
The attack on randomly chosen victims went on for ...
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What Dia de los Muertos means to Louisville immigrants
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Outside the Esparza family home in Worthington Hills are Halloween decorations; a blow-up pumpkin and ghost staked into the front lawn, filled with air from a humming machine.
But inside the home, there is no Halloween decor in sight. Since moving to the U.S. from Guadalajara, ...
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Carl Girouard arrested in sword attack that killed two
QUEBEC CITY — A man dressed in medieval clothing and armed with a Japanese sword was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing two people and wounding five others on Halloween near the historic Chateau Frontenac hotel in Quebec City.
The attack on randomly chosen victims went on for nearly 2 ...
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Police make arrest in fatal Lewiston, Maine, shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) - Police in Maine said Tuesday they've charged a 20-year-old man in connection with the Halloween shooting death of a man in Lewiston.
Abdikadir Nur of Auburn was charged with murder stemming from the death of Hassan Hassan, police said. The arrest took place on Monday night ...
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Hershey's Halloween sales up despite fewer trick-or-treaters
Hershey says its Halloween candy sales were up slightly this year despite a lower turnout of trick-or-treaters amid the pandemic.
Michele Buck - chairman, president and CEO of Hershey Co. - said Friday that earlier shipments of Halloween candy to stores helped boost sales. So did marketing messages that suggested ...
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California seeing biggest jump in virus cases in months
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California's coronavirus cases are at their highest levels in months, a disquieting reality Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday was “obviously sobering" and that led San Francisco Bay Area health officials to urge people who travel outside the region to quarantine for two weeks upon return.
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Vermont seeks people who attended events for COVID testing
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Amid a record surge in virus cases, the Vermont Health Department is looking for people who attended two Halloween parties and others who participated in a bowling league so they can be tested for the virus that causes COVID-19.
The department says contact tracers have been ...
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Utah city files charges against host of Halloween party
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Utah prosecutors have filed charges against a person who hosted a Halloween party in the Provo-Orem suburb of Levi.
The city said Thursday that police shut down a party at a commercial building after receiving a nuisance complaint on Halloween day.
The city prosecutor ...
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3 Alabama professors on leave over insensitive photos
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) - Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after racially insensitive Halloween photos surfaced of them, the university said.
USA President Tony Waldrop made the announcement Friday. An independent investigation into the incident will be conducted by attorney Suntrease Williams-Maynard, a ...
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'Batman: Long Halloween' Blu-ray movie review
Writer Jeff Loeb and artist Tim Sales' seminal comic book murder mystery that explored the early years of the Dark Knight now debuts as a two-part animated movie from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in Batman: Long Halloween — Part One(Rated PG-13, 1:78:1 aspect ratio, 85 minutes, $29.98) and Batman: ...
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Some public grade schools cancel Halloween due to lack of 'equity and inclusion'
A handful of elementary schools across the country are canceling Halloween celebrations because some activists and administrators say the spooky holiday is unfair to poor children, minority families and “marginalized” cultures.
The holiday’s monsters and masks leave some youngsters “frightened,” a group of Michigan principals said while pulling the plug.
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Supply chain crisis fuels Halloween costume shortage, creative alternatives
The world’s leading industry source of Halloween costumes is suggesting alternatives for parents as stores across the United States run out of inventory less than two weeks before the Oct. 31 holiday amid an ongoing supply chain crisis.
The nonprofit Halloween & Costume Association (HCA), a U.S.-based trade group that ...
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