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The Latest: Suspect says he's innocent of party shooting

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GREENVILLE, Texas (AP) - The Latest on the shooting at an off-campus college party in Texas that left two dead (all times local):

8 p.m.

A man suspected of opening fire at an off-campus college party is telling a television station that he's innocent.

In an interview from the Hunt ...


Record-breaking cold and snow in Utah's forecast

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The days leading up to Halloween are expected to be unusually frigid this year, and children might have to add several layers of clothing underneath their costumes or plan a quick night of trick or treating.

The National Weather Service says some Utah residents will ...

Trumps hand out Halloween candy, greet kids at White House

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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump have handed out candy to hundreds of military families and local schoolchildren as the White House got a head start on Halloween.

The children dressed up as astronauts, military officers, pirates and dinosaurs as they greeted the president and ...

Halloween's too political, not as fun

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Halloween used to be all about the free candy — and staying out late with flashlights — and wearing cool stuff that could scare the neighborhood kids and disgust the neighborhood parents.

Now? It's too political. It's too controversial.

All the fun is being killed by the politically correct pinheads.

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Best Blu-ray and DVD Halloween TV: 'Scooby-Doo, Where are You!,' 'Doom Patrol,' 'The Stand'

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Halloween is upon us and so are Count Zad's picks for a few of the scarier, episodic television Blu-ray and DVD sets available for binge-watching.

Scooby-Doo, Where are You!: The Complete Series Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Mystery Mansion (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, not rated, 1.33:1 aspect ratio, 908 minutes, $89.99) ...

John Wall, Isaiah Thomas go all out for Halloween

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The Washington Wizards' backcourt knows how to pull off a Halloween costume. 

John Wall and Bradley Beal dressed up as different versions of the Joker at a recent Halloween party, while Isaiah Thomas, in a nod to his 5-foot-9 frame, showed up as an Oompa Loompa.

All three committed to ...

Ga. sheriff cannot put signs in three sex offenders' yards warning trick or treaters, judge rules

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A federal judge in Georgia ruled Wednesday that a local sheriff cannot put signs in the yards of three registered sex offenders warning trick-or-treaters when they're out on Halloween.

Judge Marc Treadwell ruled for the three men who sued Butts County after they sued to prevent Sheriff Gary Long from ...

AP-NORC poll: Halloween plans, from candy to costumed pets

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CHICAGO (AP) - The good news for kids this Halloween: They'll likely come home with a bigger pile of candy than of healthy snacks while out trick-or-treating.

Americans have a wide variety of plans to celebrate the spooky holiday this year, from carving pumpkins to watching scary movies. Some even ...


AP PHOTOS: Romania hosts carving of over 30,000 pumpkins

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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - The Romanian capital Bucharest has hosted what organizers claim is Europe's biggest pumpkin carving event.

Thousands of visitors tried their hand at sculpting more than 30,000 pumpkins in a public park ahead of Halloween, spending hours on their work.

The results of their endeavor were then ...

Fires, smoke disrupt Halloween fun for many California kids

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BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - For tens of thousands of children in California, the biggest monsters this Halloween are wildfires that have thrown trick-or-treating into disarray.

Nancy Metzger-Carter and her family have been in a San Francisco hotel since Saturday when a blaze in Sonoma County wine country forced them to ...

The Latest: 5 victims named in California Halloween shooting

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ORINDA, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the Halloween night shooting in California that killed 4 people (all times local):

12 a.m.

A fifth person has died as a result of a Halloween night shooting at an Airbnb rental in Northern California.

The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office announced late ...

The Latest: Juvenile charged in trick-or-treater's shooting

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CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the shooting of a 7-year-old girl while she was trick-or-treating in Chicago (all times local):

10:25 p.m.

Chicago police have filed attempted murder charges against a 15-year-old boy suspected of shooting two people on Halloween night, including a 7-year-old girl who was out trick-or-treating.

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Juvenile charged with shooting Chicago trick-or-treater, 7

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CHICAGO (AP) - A 15-year-old boy was charged Friday night with attempted murder in the suspected gang-related shooting of two people on Chicago's West Side, including a 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating in a bumblebee costume when she was shot in the neck and critically injured.

The shooting Thursday night was ...

1 stabbed to death, 1 fatally shot at Utah Halloween party

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ROOSEVELT, Utah (AP) - Two men were killed during a Halloween party at an eastern Utah house where about 20 people had gathered, authorities said Friday.

One victim was stabbed to death and the other was fatally shot, said Duchesne County Sheriff Travis Tucker. Investigators had not made arrests and ...

Latest: Family of DJ at Halloween party devastated by death

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ORINDA, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the deadly Halloween night shooting in California (all times local):

8:42 p.m.

The family of a man who was killed at a Halloween party in Orinda says they are devastated by his death.

Omar Taylor Jr. was among five people killed Thursday at ...


Airbnb says it will pay for funerals in Halloween shooting

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ORINDA, Calif. (AP) - The killings of five people at a Halloween party remain unsolved more than a week later as a victim's family clashed with the company in the aftermath of violence at an Airbnb rental home in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Police have not addressed a possible ...

The Latest: 5 arrested in Halloween party fatal shootings

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ORINDA, Calif. (AP) - The Latest on the arrests of five in Halloween night shooting (all times local):

5:15 p.m.

A San Francisco Bay Area sheriff says four suspects have been arrested in the killings of five people at an Airbnb party on Halloween night, and a fifth person has ...

Eerie plants’ season didn’t end with Halloween

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If you’re missing Halloween, there are some eerie indoor and outdoor plants that carry the spooky season into winter and beyond.

Let’s start with bat plant (Tacca integrifolia), which blooms year-round. The blossoms are neither bright, cheery nor attractive, except in a curiously ominous way. Atop 2-foot-high stalks, the flowers ...

Parenting through the golden years

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KENAI, Alaska (AP) - Any parent will tell you that raising a kid is a full-time job. For some on the Kenai Peninsula and across the country, however, that full-time job has come well after retirement.

Over the month of October, the Clarion got to know a few of the ...

ACLU sues school district over 'bloody Indian' comment

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico on Wednesday sued the state's largest school district and a former teacher over a 2018 incident where the teacher allegedly cut a Native American student's hair during class on Halloween and asked another student if she was dressed ...

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