Detroit to replace annual anti-arson effort with celebration
DETROIT (AP) - Volunteers have long patrolled Detroit's streets around Halloween to prevent and report arson fires that once numbered in the hundreds during a three-day period called Devil's Night.But...
View ArticleThe Latest: San Francisco officer shot, critically injured
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Latest on a Halloween night shooting involving a San Francisco police officer (all times local):11:30 a.m.Officials say a San Francisco police officer wounded in a Halloween...
View ArticleStars celebrate Halloween with costume cavalcade
NEW YORK (AP) - Heidi Klum morphed into a Michael Jackson-style werewolf, Neil Patrick Harris masqueraded as a carnival barker and singer Cardi B transformed into Disney villain Cruella de Vil as...
View ArticleDavid Walliams, British author, blasted for his Kim Jong-un Halloween...
David Walliams, a British comedian and children's book author, is under fire for dressing up for Halloween as North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un.Mr. Walliams waded into the controversy when he tweeted a...
View Article3 slain, 2 hurt in shootings on 'chaotic' Halloween in Macon
MACON, Ga. (AP) - Authorities in central Georgia are investigating several shootings that left three people dead and wounded two others on Halloween.Bibb County sheriff's Capt. Shermaine Jones...
View ArticleMom says son's bite into Halloween candy revealed needle
BELLEVUE, Neb. (AP) - Police are investigating a report by a suburban Omaha couple that their son found a sewing needle when he bit into some Halloween candy.Lucas Ady's (AYE'-dee's) father says his...
View ArticleFamily of girl killed in 1973 tries to stop killer's release
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) - The family of a young eastern Wisconsin girl who was killed on Halloween night more than four decades ago is trying to stop her killer from being let out of prison.Lisa Ann...
View ArticleMichigan police grant wish of child with muscle disorder
GREENVILLE, Mich. (AP) - On Halloween, Brady Wesley was beaming with excitement, trick-or-treating in his Sheridan neighborhood in a costume fitted to his wheelchair.The 11-year-old boy, who since...
View ArticleOklahoma family details what it's like to bear a famous name
BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) - Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" was published 200 years ago.The classic piece of literature tackles this question: Should man possess the power to reanimate the dead?Locally,...
View ArticleDutch Village in Michigan to celebrate 60 years
HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - When Nelis' Dutch Village opens April 21 for its Preview Weekend, it will be the 60th year since the local park first opened its doors.Located along U.S. 31, south of The Shops at...
View ArticleLSU Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon dies at age 80
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Billy Cannon, the gifted running back who won the Heisman Trophy for LSU in 1959 with a memorable Halloween night punt return touchdown against Mississippi, died Sunday. He was...
View Article'Halloween' trailer shows Jamie Lee Curtis means business
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jamie Lee Curtis is returning on a mission in the film that started her career in 1978.The trailer to "Halloween" was released Friday by Universal. It's a sequel and reboot that...
View ArticleJamie Lee Curtis hugs an emotional 'Halloween' fan
SAN DIEGO (AP) - In Comic-Con's Hall H, the massive room that holds the highest profile presentations and hosts the biggest movie and television stars, there is still a strict division between the...
View ArticleMississippi could re-examine 1959 racial killing of teenager
CORINTH, Miss. (AP) - Eberlene King remembers her 15-year-old brother as he lay dying, after white teenagers cruised through their black neighborhood in a pickup on Halloween night 1959 and shot him in...
View ArticleJamie Lee Curtis jokes she's scared 'every day' living in America
The original "scream queen" Jamie Lee Curtis cracked a horror joke about the current state of American politics after her "Halloween" sequel debuted Saturday at the Toronto International Film...
View ArticleFreddy Krueger ready to scare the cast of 'The Goldbergs'
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Freddy Krueger is coming for "The Goldbergs."ABC announced Friday that Robert Englund is reprising his role as the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" slasher for a Halloween episode of the...
View Article5 tips on saving money and time on Halloween costumes.
NEW YORK (AP) - Shopping for Halloween costumes doesn't have to be scary.This year, shoppers can find more ways to save time and money. Discounters like Walmart and Target are expanding their costume...
View ArticleDetroit returns focus of Halloween to city's children
DETROIT (AP) - The focus of a three-day Halloween period in Detroit is changing from anti-arson efforts to celebrations aimed at families.Mayor Mike Duggan on Wednesday announced "Halloween in the D."...
View ArticleWisconsin orchard celebrates 160th anniversary
CHIPPEWAY FALLS, Wis. (AP) - A family's long planted history of harvesting fall's favorite fruit.This year marks the 160th anniversary of the Connell Family Orchard in Chippewa Falls. The orchard...
View ArticleFilm Review: 40 years later, 'Halloween' slashes again
With hollow eyes and sagging cheeks, the flabby white mask of Michael Myers is horror's great blank slate. Project your fears here, it says. Myers doesn't speak. His movements never rise beyond a...
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