WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, hosted the children of local firefighters, nurses, police officers and National Guard members for trickor- treating at the White House on Halloween. But it was shaping up to be a soggy affair.

Macabre music

During the Clinton High School football game, the CHS Pride of Clinton Marching Band dressed in Halloween costumes and played music related to the holiday. Pictured, from left, are Sylvia Gonzalez, MarShanea Hicks and Ciara Matthews.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of people watching ballot boxes in Arizona, sometimes armed or wearing ballistic vests, raise serious concerns about voter intimidation, the Justice Department said Monday as it stepped into a lawsuit over the monitoring.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November in Mexico, the living remember and honor their dearly departed, but with celebration — not sorrow.

(AP) —Afghan special forces soldiers who fought alongside American troops and then fled to Iran after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal last year are now being recruited by the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, three former Afghan generals told The Associated Press.

Firefighters responded to a house fire located at 444 S. 17th St. Sunday morning after a passerby reported seeing a window unit on fire at the home. All occupants made it out of the residence and only about 25% of the structure was damaged in the blaze.

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