AP Spotlight Why trick-or-treaters may bag more gummy candy than chocolate this Halloween DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press Oct 27, 2025 Oct 27, 2025 Updated Jan 28, 2026 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ghouls, goblins … and gummy bears.kAm%C:4<\@C\EC62E6CD >2J 7:?5 >@C6 7CF:EJ 42?5J E92? 49@4@=2E6 2>@?8 E96:C w2==@H66? 92?5@FED E9:D J62C] %92E D9@F=5 36 7:?6 H:E9 J@F?86C 4@?DF>6CD[ H9@ 92G6 366? 8C2G:E2E:?8 7@C J62CD E@H2C5 ?@?\49@4@=2E6 42?5:6D =:<6 8F>>:6D[ 7C66K6\5C:65 EC62ED 2?5 @E96C DH66ED E92E 4@>6 :? 2 G2C:6EJ @7 D92A6D[ 4@=@CD 2?5 7=2G@CD]k^Am Assorted Halloween Candy Bags are displayed on a shelve at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Oct. 20. Nam Y. Huh, Associated Press kAm{2DE J62C[ daT @7 E96 E@E2= G@=F>6 @7 w2==@H66? 42?5J D@=5 :? E96 &]$] H2D >256 @7 49@4@=2E6[ 244@C5:?8 E@ s2? $25=6C[ 2 AC:?4:A2= 7@C 4=:6?E :?D:89ED 2E E96 >2C<6E C6D62C49 4@>A2?J r:C42?2] qFE :? 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Life-entertainment How a family-owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare ANNE D'INNOCENZIO Associated Press
Personal-finance Michigan haunted house teaches actors to 'scare the pee out of' guests MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press
Life-entertainment What to Stream: 'Jurassic World Rebirth,' Florence + the Machine, &TEAM, 'Sorry, Baby' and 'Hedda' THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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