DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines, Iowa, will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy
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Is candy corn made of bones, bugs? Here’s what to know about the Halloween treat.
LOS ANGELES — National Candy Corn Day was yesterday and there are plenty of ways to celebrate, whether it be by cracking open a fresh bag solo
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Hasani Parris killed in Hospital Ground shooting
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Virgin Islands Police are investigating a shooting that left 27-year-old Hasani Parris dead on St. Thomas Wednesday morning. The homicide occurred at
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Haiti sees a rise in killings and police executions with children targeted
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Some 1,740 people were reported killed or injured in Haiti from July to September, a nearly 30% increase over the previous trimester,
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Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia
LA ALCUDIA, Spain — At least 95 people have been killed in possibly the deadliest flooding to hit Spain in its modern history after torrential
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Unstable weather, dangerous seas and life-threatening rip currents ahead
SAN JUAN — A series of mid-to-upper level troughs and above-normal moisture from a nearly stationary front will create ideal conditions for thunderstorm development over the next
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A New Zealand city waves goodbye to its giant hand sculpture that many came to love
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Perched on two fingers on the roof of an art gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, the giant sculpture of a hand
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Territory still struggling to house, treat mentally ill criminal defendants
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Schneider Hospital is asking the Virgin Islands Supreme Court to block an order that would force staff to admit a “violent inmate”
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Federal law enforcement get peace officer status
KINGSHILL — V.I. Attorney General Gordon Rhea announced Tuesday that 37 federal law enforcement officers have been commissioned as V.I. peace officers, after receiving training
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Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine is detained in New York on parole violation claims
NEW YORK (AP) — Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to persuade a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he
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