LOS ANGELES (AP) - It was a spooky weekend at the box office for nearly everyone but Tyler Perry.
Perry's comedy sequel "Boo 2! A Madea Halloween" scared up a healthy $21.7 million in its first weekend in theaters, but the waters were rough for other new openers including the ...
Having given the back of the hand to Christopher Columbus, the snowflakes have gone to work on another suspect holiday, this one the preserve of ghosts and goblins. Just when everyone thought it was safe to be dead, pious ire of the politically correct is turned toward the Eve of ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - It's a quintessential fall evening in this eastside Bloomington neighborhood. People walk their dogs, children play basketball in the driveway and the Smith-Robbins-Bell household is decked out for Halloween.
"This is your best year ever," a passer-by tells homeowner and decorating mastermind Sarah Smith-Robbins.
"You're really ...
NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a chance to trick or treat with the eyes and ears. Catch "Michael Jackson's Halloween," a for-all-ages animated special airing Friday at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS.
It costumes Halloween as a life-affirming way to explore hopes and dreams.
"This is just for fun," summed ...
MORRISTOWN, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey school has canceled its annual Halloween parade because many of its students don't celebrate the day.
Students at the Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in Morristown instead will spend the day solving puzzles and playing bingo.
In a letter to parents, the school's principal ...
Nothing like a little trick-or-treating to thaw the media's scary relationship with President Trump.
Mr. Trump invited children of the White House press corps to the Oval Office in their costumes to meet him and pose for pictures during the annual Halloween festivities at the White House Friday.
As the ...
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey is warning parents to look out for people slipping their kids marijuana-laced candy while trick-or-treating. But with no apparent evidence that's ever happened, advocates for legalizing the drug say it's nothing more than a Halloween scare tactic.
The state attorney general's office published a ...
Count Zad offers a few Blu-ray and 4K UHD movie suggestions for mature horror fans to appreciate during this Halloween season.
Re-Animator: Limited Edition (Arrow Video, Not Rated, 1.78:1 aspect ratio, $39.95) — The definitive version ofdirector Stuart Gordon's 1985, dark comedy, horror cult classic gets a 4K digital ...
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Police across Illinois are stepping up patrols this weekend in an effort to keep roadways safe as people celebrate Halloween.
Illinois State Police, the Illinois Department of Transportation and local agencies say added enforcement will be in place starting Friday and through Wednesday morning. They're focusing ...
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Universities are urging students in search of an attention-grabbing costume this Halloween to pass on sombreros, Native American headdresses and blackface.
Those are some of the costumes grabbing the attention of university administrators who are increasingly concerned that certain costumes are becoming flashpoints in campus debates ...
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Lauri and Phillip Aguirre go all out for Halloween.
For the Bozeman couple, turning their entire home into a haunted house is a labor of love. True love.
Separately, they'd always loved putting on Halloween parties. Eight years ago they started doing it together. They share ...
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo is telling motorists not to be spooked by an increased police presence on the road this Halloween weekend.
The Democrat says law enforcement will be cracking down on drunken driving over the holiday with increased patrols running Friday through Wednesday.
Police will also ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina is requiring many sex offenders to stay inside their own homes during prime trick-or-treating hours on Halloween night.
The State newspaper of Columbia reports that the S.C. Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services has set a 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. curfew for ...
NEW YORK (AP) - George Clooney's "Suburbicon" notched one of the most dismal wide-release debuts in recent years on a sluggish pre-Halloween weekend where the horror sequel "Jigsaw" topped all releases despite an underperforming debut.
The eighth "Saw" film landed at No. 1 with $16.3 million in North American ticket ...
Halloween is the holiday of fun with death. Once a year we romp with ghosts and goblins and wander through haunted houses where skeletons dance in scary entertainment. Once a year we give free rein to the fear of death.
On every other day of the year we treat death ...
The College of Charleston is conducting an investigation after a photo taken at an off-campus party showed someone wearing a Halloween costume mocking Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man whose death in police custody sparked violent protests in Baltimore two years ago.
A photo circulated on Facebook showing a man ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Hundreds of out-of-state reinforcements bolstered utility crews struggling to restore power throughout New England on Tuesday, a day after a powerful storm blew down trees and postponed Halloween activities in many communities.
The storm, packing gusts that topped 80 mph (129 kph), left nearly 1.5 million ...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The Latest on a severe storm in the Northeast that brought hurricane-force wind gusts and torrential rain (all times local):
5:45 p.m.
A sewage treatment plant in North Andover, Massachusetts, lost power during the powerful wind storm and spilled 8 million gallons of untreated waste into ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco police officer and a suspect were both critically wounded in a Halloween night gunbattle in a popular neighborhood for holiday celebrations, officials said Wednesday.
Shots erupted when the 41-year-old officer approached a parked car - later discovered to be stolen - in the ...
WINTER PARK, Fla. (AP) - A Florida couple got an extra treat on Halloween - a baby Frankenstein.
Make that Oskar Gary Frankenstein, who made his entrance into the world four days late and after 14 hours of labor on Tuesday at Winter Park Memorial Hospital.
Parents Kyle and Jessica ...