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Postcard of Little Halloween Witches (Photo by © Rykoff Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Kids in Des Moines Can Trick-or-Treat on Halloween Night for the First Time Since 1940
Des Moines temporarily ended its 80-year tradition of Beggar’s Night, allowing children to trick-or-treat on Halloween for the first time since 1940 due to weather.
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Photo by MadeByMGMA Candy Corn and Other Halloween Candy Found to Contain Cancer-Causing Red Dye 3
Consumer Reports has found Red Dye 3 in several festive treats including candy corn, cookies kits, and bubble gum.
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Cocoa farmers in Ecuador. (Photo by MARCOS PIN/AFP via Getty Images) Rapidly Rising Cocoa Prices Could Make Halloween Candy Even More Expensive
Supply shortages from major producing countries like Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana have driven a dramatic increase in cocoa prices in 2024.
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Bay Village Police Department / Facebook Runaway Very-Giant Pumpkin Briefly Overwhelms Ohio Cops
While no one was hurt, one of the officers was seemingly swallowed by the ginormous jack-o’-lantern.
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Photo courtesy of 2024 World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off Minnesota Teacher Wins Pumpkin-Weighing Contest for Fourth Year in a Row
His massive pumpkin, named Rudy, weighed in at 2,471 pounds.
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Photo By Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images Spirit Halloween Is Opening ‘Spirit Christmas’ Stores
Spirit Christmas stores will be opening on the East Coast.
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Photo by Tatevosian Yana Missouri Sex Offenders No Longer Have To Post ‘No Candy’ Signs on Halloween
Missouri sex offenders are no longer required to follow one portion of a 2008 statute focused on Halloween, a federal judge ruled.
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An Oral History of Home Depot’s 12-Foot Skeleton
“Let’s go higher than everybody thought was possible!”
