Halloween

Bobby Huber and his sister, Fritzi Huber at a StoryCorps interview in Wilmington, N.C., in September.

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For their first Halloween, their parents dressed up as the whole neighborhood

8:31am October 29, 2021

Every day is like Halloween when you're the children of costumed circus performers. Siblings Fritzi and Bobby Huber recount the time that their parents made their first Halloween extraordinary.

A typical sight during the 2019 Village Halloween Parade in New York City.

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New York City's Village Halloween Parade comes back to life, saved by a serious fan

7:55am October 29, 2021

by Jon Kalish

Canceled last year for only the second time ever because of the pandemic, New York City's storied Village Halloween Parade returns, partly due to one very generous fan.

Decorations are seen during a Halloween at the White House event two years ago.

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Don't stop by the White House to trick-or-treat this Halloween

3:37pm October 28, 2021

by Tien Le

The White House will not hold Halloween its traditional Halloween festivities this year because President Biden and the first lady Jill Biden will be traveling overseas.

A polar bear eats a pumpkin in the zoo in Hanover, Germany, 26 October 2017. Pumpkins are a source of enrichment for the animals and a way to draw visitors to the zoos.

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It's not Halloween without some zoo animals smashing pumpkins

2:42pm October 28, 2021

by Nell Clark

From elephants to otters to armadillos, all sorts of animals get a kick out stomping, rolling and eating the orange gourds.

Six examples of products resembling standard snack items. The featured products contain THC, a main ingredient in marijuana edibles.

State attorneys general issue a warning for Halloween about marijuana-type treats

10:03pm October 27, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

State officials alert parents of the unregulated, illegal marijuana snacks that favor the sober, major brand.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said this weekend that children can go trick-or-treating safely this year.

Get the candy bowl ready. Dr. Fauci says Halloween is a go this year

9:47am October 12, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, tells CNN that young children should be able to go trick-or-treating outdoors for Halloween this year.

Children's Halloween costumes hang on a wall at Spirit Halloween costume store in Easton, Maryland, in October 2013. The stores offer seasonal Halloween supplies for a limited time during the season.

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How Spirit Halloween takes over retail space this time of year

11:53am October 05, 2021

by Sean Saldana

Seasonal retail company Spirit Halloween has reopened stores in towns across the U.S as Halloween approaches. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

Starbucks beat its own record this year, rolling out the pumpkin spice latte a full 24 hours earlier than it did last year. Still, it lags behind the Aug. 18 Dunkin's rollout of a similar beverage.

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Who Cares About Calendars? The Pumpkin Spice Latte Is Here, Which Means Fall Has Begun

8:35am August 24, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

Love it or hate it, the PSL gods have spoken. The flavored coffee beverage — and all of the iterations it has spawned — is upon us.

"I think in a lot of ways, we survived that deployment in Iraq by sharing humor with each other," said former Army Spc. Garett Reppenhagen, seen at home in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Pulling Off A Halloween Prank During A Deployment In Iraq

12:35pm October 31, 2020

by Sylvie Lubow

"We were doing an awful job in an awful time," veteran Garett Reppenhagen said in a StoryCorps conversation. "If I shed any joy to anybody on that base that day, then I think it was all worth it."

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A menacing scarecrow approaches the driver's side as what looks like bloody bubbles slide down the window at a haunted car wash in Birmingham, Ala.

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2020 Not Scary Enough? Try A Haunted Car Wash

5:23am October 28, 2020

by Melanie Peeples

It's one type of business offering a frighteningly good time, with trick-or-treating discouraged and haunted houses seeming even scarier than other years because of COVID-19.