<p>Kansas City Chiefs star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-shut-down-claims-he-pushed-swifts-security-guard-while-on-date" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce</a> reacted to all of the people dressing up as him and pop singer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taylor-swift-the-eras-tour-film-holds-no-1-spot-at-box-office-surges-well-past-100-million" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taylor Swift</a> for Halloween this year, saying it was &#8220;so cool&#8221; to see after weeks of their rumored romance occupying headlines.</p>
<p>During Kelce&#8217;s weekly Wednesday <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhv7aMcaCKM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> &#8220;New Heights&#8221; with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, Jason mentioned that many people dressed up as the NFL brothers, their mom Donna, Jason&#8217;s wife Kylie, and Travis&#8217; rumored girlfriend, Swift.</p>
<p>&#8220;There was so many people this year who dressed up as Travis, Taylor, me, and Kylie and mom,&#8221; Jason said. &#8220;There was a major amount of Kelce outfits &#8230; it was pretty creepy watching that many people be us. But it was awesome.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;This year, it was so cool,&#8221; Travis replied. &#8220;It was cool, man. It was a Kelce Halloween.&#8221;</p>
<p>At one point in the show, the hosts voted on which costume was the best submission from their fans in their &#8220;New Heights&#8221; costume challenge. They showed various photos and clips of people dressing up like them and their families. And one submission, in particular, had Travis laughing so hard he was crying. It showed a man dressed as Swift and a woman wearing a map.</p>
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<p>&#8220;She [Swift] put me on the map,&#8221; the Chiefs tight end said as he explained the costume to his brother. &#8220;She put me on the map, right there in the video. That&#8217;s so good, man. The commentary, &#8230; that was golden. Hats off. That was well done. I enjoyed that.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kelce and the &#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; hitmaker made headlines after they were spotted in mid-October finally showing some public displays of affection, seemingly confirming the weeks of rumors that they were dating, <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/10/18/protective-travis-kelce-didnt-push-taylor-swifts-security-guard-on-date/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Page Six</a> noted.</p>
<p>The superstars were photographed and caught on video holding hands while out to dinner and on their way to a &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; afterparty — after both shocked fans and made a surprise appearance on &#8220;SNL&#8217;s&#8221; first episode of the season.</p>
<p>In pictures that surfaced online after the Chiefs game against the Los Angeles Chargers last month, Swift <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/taylor-swift-kisses-travis-kelce-cheek-instagram-photo-rcna121784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plants a kiss</a> on Kelce&#8217;s cheek while taking pictures in the locker room. However, both have remained tightlipped about their apparent relationship.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/travis-kelce-reacts-to-his-coachs-comments-about-taylor-swift-being-at-the-games" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Travis Kelce Reacts To His Coach&#8217;s Comments About Taylor Swift Being At The Games</a></strong></p>


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Travis Kelce Reacts To People Dressing Up As Him And Taylor Swift For Halloween

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/halloween" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Halloween</a> candy prices saw double-digit inflation for the second year in a row, spiking a whopping 13% since October last year.</p>
<p>The 13% average price increase for candy is more than double the 6% increase in other grocery prices, <a href="https://datasembly.com/candy-prices-downright-scary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Datasembly, a retail price tracker. Datasembly looked at sales information from over 150,000 stores across 30,000 zip codes representing 200-plus retail banners.</p>
<p>Chocolate prices alone have spiked nearly 12%.</p>
<p>This year&#8217;s national candy inflation is actually less severe than the 20% inflation candy prices saw from October 2021 to October 2022.</p>
<p>East Coast states in particular are seeing higher candy prices.</p>
<p>Vermont saw a 14.7% price increase, Maine saw a 14.2% increase, and Pennsylvania saw a 14.2% increase.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, other states are seeing less of a price hike — Alaska saw a 7.1% price increase, Michigan saw a 7.5% increase, and Ohio saw an 8.1% increase.</p>
<p>At Walmart, an assorted variety bag of 375 mini-sized M&amp;M’s, Twix, and Snickers costs $49.98.</p>
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<p>At Target, an 18-piece variety pack of full-size Snickers, Twix, 3 Musketeers, and Milky Way sells for $16.99.</p>
<p>About a third of American customers planned to buy value or store-brand candy for trick-or-treaters this year, <a href="https://www.numerator.com/61-consumers-plan-celebrate-halloween-80-plan-purchase-candy-numerator-reports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Numerator, which surveyed 4,500 people about their Halloween plans.</p>
<p>Also, fewer people planned to celebrate Halloween this year — only 61% of people, down from 65% who said so last year. Some were still undecided at the time of the survey, however.</p>
<p>Chocolate maker Hershey acknowledged this week that higher prices are affecting demand.</p>
<p>Hershey has raised its prices by at least 7% in each of the last seven quarters, and Hershey&#8217;s confectionary sales volumes in North America fell 1% between July and September.</p>
<p>“We know that value and affordability continue to be top-of-the-line for consumers as budgets are stretched,” Hershey’s president Michele Buck said Thursday during a conference call with investors.</p>
<p>&#8220;While candy price increases have cooled, the increase over the last 12 months will bring incremental pressure on top of last year’s record inflation,&#8221; Datasembly <a href="https://datasembly.com/candy-prices-downright-scary/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in its analysis. &#8220;In an economy where shoppers are becoming more selective and careful with their dollars, manufacturers are hoping that candy maintains its strong position with consumers’ discretionary income.&#8221;</p>
<p>Inflation has been a major concern for Americans since the pandemic, from groceries to gas prices and other necessities.</p>
<p>In September, gas prices in some Southern California counties again <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/los-angeles-average-gas-price-tops-6-a-gallon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">skyrocketed</a> to an average of over $6 a gallon.</p>
<p>Last week, a new report from the Alliance for Consumers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-report-outlines-the-high-costs-bidens-rules-and-regulations-have-on-u-s-homeowners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">estimated</a> that the Biden administration&#8217;s rules and regulations may have forced a $9,000 price tag on American homeowners due to price hikes related to cars, washing machines, gas stoves, and dishwashers.</p>


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Halloween Candy Prices Spike 13%, More Than Double Inflation Of Other Groceries

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As Halloween approaches, local media outlets across the country will warn parents to check their kids’ Halloween candy for potential dangers. In recent years, federal and state authorities </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/10/26/rainbow-fentanyl-halloween-scare/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">issued warnings</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about candy-shaped rainbow fentanyl. Another “danger” has been people swapping out regular candy for THC-laced gummies that mimic famous candy brands.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The danger of some maniac child-hater giving out poisoned candy, however, is a myth. There simply is no evidence that anything like this occurs at Halloween.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Debunking the THC-laced gummies is the easy part. These small bags of gummies cost $15 and up </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">each</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">, so it is unlikely anyone would give them out to be cruel. Joel Best, a sociology professor at the University of Delaware who has studied the tainted Halloween candy myth since 1983, </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/halloween-candy-thc-marijuana.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">told</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The New York Times in 2021 that the THC-laced gummies claim “spreads primarily among people who have no idea what this stuff costs.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are two decades-old examples of dangerous candy. In 1959, California dentist Dr. William Shyne handed out </span><a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/11/04/80559444.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&amp;ip=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">candy-coated laxative pills</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to children trick-or-treating. Thirty children were sickened by the laxative-laced candy, with some 450 pills handed out. Shyne was charged with outrage of public decency and unlawful dispensing of drugs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Following this, some 80 reports of sharp objects being inserted into Halloween candy emerged, but the vast majority turned out to be hoaxes, including a claim by two Pennsylvania teenagers in 2015 that they had found needles in their Halloween candy. They quickly recanted their claims and faced no charges, Philadelphia magazine </span><a href="https://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/11/06/kennett-square-needles-candy-hoax/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Law enforcement is always in a difficult situation in these potential hoax cases, which seem to occur every year,” Larry Hogan, who was the district attorney of Chester County at the time, said in a statement. “The public has to be notified immediately as a matter of safety. However, as anybody who has raised kids knows, it sometimes takes some work and time to get the full truth behind an initial story. In this case, law enforcement and the media did a sound job of balancing the need for safety with pursuing the ultimate truth. At this point, we are simply glad that we can assure the parents and children of Chester County that Halloween remains a safe and fun event.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The first teenager, an 11-year-old, put needles from her mom’s sewing kit into her candy after an adult showed her a picture of spiked candy while telling her to be safe. The other teen, a 12-year-old, saw a news report of the first hoax and decided to create his own. That same year, a 37-year-old man in New Jersey was arrested after posting a photo on social media claiming to have found needles in Halloween candy. The man, Robert Ledrew, placed the needles in the candy himself after seeing a news report about the two teens’ claims.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I can’t find any evidence of any child being killed or seriously hurt by a contaminated treat picked up in the course of trick-or-treating,” Best, the University of Delaware sociology professor, told the Times.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A 5-year-old boy died in 1970 after eating heroin, which the police originally said had been in his Halloween candy. Allegedly, heroin had been sprinkled on the candy. In reality, the heroin had been found in his uncle’s home, the Times </span><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1970/11/10/archives/boy-5-who-died-of-heroin-may-have-taken-a-capsule.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the time. A medical examination found that the amount of heroin found in the boy’s body was way more than a sprinkle, and was the amount typically found in a capsule.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The idea that strangers are putting poisons and sharp objects into candy falls flat when one considers that criminals tend to want to see the destruction they cause. Giving things to random kids in the neighborhood wouldn’t really qualify, and it would be very easy to connect such a crime to a particular house.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is one confirmed incident of poisoned Halloween candy that led to a death, but there is more to that story than stranger danger. In 1974, 8-year-old Timothy O’Bryan died after eating potassium cyanide-laced Pixy Stix found in his Halloween candy. The boy had been out trick-or-treating with his father, Ronald, and his sister, as well as a neighbor and his two children.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The group came to a house where no one answered the door, so the children ran ahead. Ronald caught up with the group and said he had been given five Pixy Stix by the occupant of the house that hadn’t initially answered. He gave one Pixy Stix to each of the four children in the group, and gave the fifth to a boy he knew from church.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">That night, before going to bed, young Timothy asked to eat some of the candy from Halloween. Ronald provided him with another Pixy Stix. When Timothy struggled to get the powdered candy out of the straw, Ronald helped him loosen the powder. Upon consuming it, Timothy said it tasted bitter, so Ronald gave him some Kool-Aid to wash it down.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Timothy then said his stomach hurt and ran to the bathroom to throw up. The young boy started having convulsions. Ronald would later say that he held Timothy while the boy was vomiting and that the child collapsed in his arms. Timothy died on the way to the hospital, less than one hour after he consumed his last Pixy Stix.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">None of the other children who had been given a Pixy Stix by Ronald consumed their candy, and their parents were able to retrieve them. Authorities found that the candies had all been opened and the top two inches of powder was replaced with cyanide powder before the straws had been stapled shut.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A pathologist who tested the candy found that Timothy consumed enough cyanide to kill two adults.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald told police that he couldn’t remember which house provided the Pixy Stix. This made police suspicious, since the group had only gone to homes on two streets due to rain. None of the homes on these streets had given out Pixy Stix. After walking the neighborhood with police, Ronald pointed to the house that hadn’t answered and said the man had simply opened the door and given him the candy without fully revealing himself. Ronald said he only saw the man’s arm.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police investigated the owner of the home and found that he was an air traffic controller who didn’t get home until 11:00 p.m. on Halloween night. More than 200 people were able to confirm he had been at work that night and couldn’t have given out the candy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Police later learned that Ronald was more than $100,000 in debt at the time (more than $620,000 in 2023 dollars), and had held 21 jobs in the past 10 years. He was about to be fired again, his car was about to be repossessed, he had defaulted on multiple bank loans, and was about to lose his house.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the months before Timothy died, Ronald had taken out $10,000 insurance policies on each of his children. One month before the death, Ronald took out an additional $20,000 in insurance on each child. The morning after Timothy died, Ronald called to ask about collecting the insurance money.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald had also gone to a chemical supply store to buy cyanide before Halloween, but left when he learned the minimum amount he could buy was 5 pounds.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald was arrested and charged with Timothy’s murder and the attempted murders of the four other children. Timothy’s mother said she had no idea about the insurance policies and was never considered a suspect.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At trial, a chemist testified that Ronald had asked him about cyanide and how much would be fatal in the year before Timothy’s death. A chemical supply salesman also testified that Ronald had asked him how to purchase cyanide. Those who knew Ronald testified that in the months before Timothy died, Ronald had shown an interest in cyanide.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald’s wife testified that Timothy had not chosen to eat a Pixy Stix that night, but that Ronald had forced him to choose the candy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ronald was convicted and sentenced to death. He was killed by lethal injection on March 31, 1984. In the decades since, he has been referred to as “The Candy Man” or “The Man Who Killed Halloween.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet he was not a stranger handing out Halloween candy – he was a man in debt who sought to kill his children for the insurance money and gave out the candy to other children to make it look like it had come from a stranger.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite numerous warnings about the dangers of Halloween candy, there simply is no evidence that a stranger in the neighborhood is preparing to harm children by going to great lengths to tamper with candy.</span></p>


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The Myth Of The Tainted Halloween Candy

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<p>A New Jersey school district canceled Halloween celebrations and banned costumes at school, citing concerns with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-dei">DEI</a>).</p>
<p>The decision <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/superintendent-cancels-halloween-bans-costumes-school-dei-claims-harm-students-dignity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was made</a> earlier this month by Superintendent Dr. Ronald Taylor of the South Orange &amp; Maplewood School District (SOMSD) just west of Newark.</p>
<p>Costumes will be <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/15pPZqB7zp5QSV3lD8dqe7CXBOg6WdGHV/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">banned</a> during school hours, and any Halloween celebrations at schools will have to be held after school hours, Taylor wrote in an October 6 <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZMZNZp3S-Xju18dpz4tWfhK4ziynj94N/view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to families.</p>
<p>&#8220;As you know, SOMSD is committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion meaningfully &#8211; not just saying the words but also promoting an inclusive school,&#8221; the superintendent wrote.</p>
<p>“Each year, questions arise from families, students, and staff about what SOMSD schools will be doing regarding Halloween,” Taylor wrote. “Is promoting school-sponsored Halloween activities creating indirect and unintentional financial hardships for students and families? Do school-sponsored Halloween activities violate the dignity of some of our students and families, either culturally or religiously? Does the promotion of school-sponsored Halloween activities create tensions with the equity and access values of SOMSD?”</p>
<p>The district said it surveyed school principals to ask whether school-sponsored Halloween celebrations should continue or if the district should pivot to something like a fall festival that focused on the season of autumn.</p>
<p>The responses from the principals were &#8220;overwhelming&#8221; in favor of discontinuing school Halloween celebrations, the district said.</p>
<p>As a result, all elementary schools will likely eventually have a &#8220;Fall/Harvest Festival event&#8221; that can happen during school time, the superintendent said.</p>
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<p>While any Halloween celebrations must be held after school hours, they can be held in partnership with an affiliated organization like a school&#8217;s parent-teacher group, the superintendent said.</p>
<p>“All of us realize that this breaks with what the District has usually done, and that can be a difficult thing to do sometimes,” said Dr. Kevin Gilbert, assistant superintendent of Access and Equity. “Often, working to instill greater equity in our district begins with recognizing that we cannot do what we have always done. But with this decision, we are taking a step closer to upholding our community’s access and equity values.”</p>
<p>Governor Phil Murphy, a Democrat, reacted to the district&#8217;s Halloween decision on Tuesday.</p>
<p>&#8220;Seriously? We can&#8217;t let kids celebrate Halloween? Give me a break,&#8221; Murphy <a href="https://twitter.com/GovMurphy/status/1716911901899366547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1716911901899366547%7Ctwgr%5E2e428f9e6abb199b9ab90358e925c4569d4d4894%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fmedia%2Fsuperintendent-cancels-halloween-bans-costumes-school-dei-claims-harm-students-dignity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on X.</p>
<p>Halloween has been controversial among progressives <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adamdavis/scott-disick-offensive-costume" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for about</a> a decade now. Critics argue that certain costumes are culturally or racially insensitive, <a href="https://hwchronicle.com/102926/features/not-your-costume/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">such as</a> a white person wearing a Native American headdress or traditional Asian garments.</p>


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School District Cancels Halloween, Bans Costumes Due To Concerns About Diversity

School District Cancels Halloween, Bans Costumes Citing DEI

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Education

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<p>Celebrities like Mandy Moore slammed SAG-AFTRA&#8217;s Halloween costume ban on wearing looks that would support struck projects as the strike drags on amid broken talks with the major studios.</p>
<p>The Screen Actor&#8217;s Guild-American Federation of Television Radio Artist&#8217;s issued a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/barbie-wednesday-addams-halloween-costumes-banned-sag-aftra-1235622914/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guideline</a> on October 18 that card-carrying actors should &#8220;choose costumes inspired by generalized characters and figures (such as ghost, zombie, or spider)&#8221; in order to &#8220;celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity&#8221; with the strike.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sag-aftra-issues-guidelines-for-halloween-costumes-asks-members-to-select-generalized-characters-only" target="_blank" rel="noopener">guidelines</a> stated actors should not &#8220;post photos of costumes inspired by struck content to social media&#8221; because that would give the studios publicity. &#8220;Let’s use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract!&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">SAG-AFTRA and Studios to Resume Talks, 12 Days After AMPTP Walked Away From Table <a href="https://t.co/lfWdwSXERb">https://t.co/lfWdwSXERb</a></p>
<p>— TVLine.com (@TVLine) <a href="https://twitter.com/TVLine/status/1715846926724133072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Is this a joke? Come on [sagaftra],&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/ryan-reynolds-mandy-moore-mock-sag-aftra-strike-friendly-halloween-costume-rules-is-joke?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-foxnews&amp;utm_content=later-38690655&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkin.bio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moore</a> wrote on her Instagram Story. &#8220;This is what&#8217;s important? We&#8217;re asking you to negotiate in good faith on our behalf.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;So many folks across every aspect of this industry have been sacrificing mightily for months,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Get back to the table and get a fair deal so everyone can get back to work.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Deadpool&#8221; star Ryan Reynolds wrote on <a href="https://x.com/VancityReynolds/status/1715099072418209809?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a> &#8220;I look forward to screaming &#8216;scab&#8217; at my 8 year old all night. She&#8217;s not in the union but she needs to learn.&#8221;</p>
<p>Actress and former <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/sag-aftra-clarifies-halloween-costume-rules-ryan-reynolds-1235624100/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SAG-AFTRA</a> president Melissa Gilbert slammed the rules, &#8220;THIS is what you guys come up with? Literally no one cares what anyone wears for Halloween. I mean, do you really think this kind of infantile stuff is going to end the strike? We look like a joke.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Please tell me you&#8217;re going to make this rule go away … and go negotiate!&#8221; she added. &#8220;For the love of God, people are suffering mightily and this is what you have to say … c&#8217;mon.&#8221;</p>
<p>In response, the Hollywood union issued a clarification that the &#8220;SAG-AFTRA issued Halloween guidance&#8221; was not meant to apply to &#8220;anyone&#8217;s kids&#8221; and instead was &#8220;in response to questions from content creators and members about how to support the strike during this festive season.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;This was meant to help them avoid promoting struck work, and it is the latest in a series of guidelines we have issued,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;&#8230; We are on strike for important reasons, and have been for nearly 100 days. Our number one priority remains getting the studios back to the negotiating table so we can get a fair deal for our members, and finally put our industry back to work.&#8221;</p>
<p>The actor&#8217;s strike is nearing its 100th day after talks broke off Saturday without a deal with studios. In July, SAG-AFTRA authorized a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/actors-go-on-strike-heres-what-that-means-for-your-shows-and-movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike</a> after failing to come to a deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP).</p>


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‘Is This A Joke?’: Actors Slam SAG-AFTRA Strike Halloween Costume Ban

'Is This A Joke?’: Actors Slam SAG-AFTRA Strike Halloween Costume Ban

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As the SAG-AFTRA </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/strike"><span style="font-weight: 400;">strike</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> drags on, union leaders issued a statement to their </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">members</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about Halloween costumes, urging them not to don any outfits which would promote struck </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hollywood</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> projects. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The guidelines were created for members looking to “celebrate Halloween this year while also staying in solidarity” with the strike. The informative flyer </span><a href="https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/post/halloween-guidance-from-sag-aftra"><span style="font-weight: 400;">shared</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to the SAG-AFTRA strike page on Wednesday said, “Choose costumes inspired by generalized characters and figures (ghost, zombie, spider, etc.).” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They also recommend dressing up as characters “from non-struck content, like an animated TV show.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It also said actors should not “post photos of costumes inspired by struck content to social media” because that would give the studios publicity. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Let’s use our collective power to send a loud and clear message to our struck employers that we will not promote their content without a fair contract!” the flyer said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some of the most popular costumes this year are Barbie and Wednesday Addams, but neither of those would be permitted with the proposed union guidelines. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actor Ryan Reynolds reacted to the flyer with a post on X, writing, “I look forward to screaming &#8216;scab&#8217; at my 8 year old all night. She’s not in the union but she needs to learn.”</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">I look forward to screaming “scab” at my 8 year old all night. She’s not in the union but she needs to learn</p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Talks between the actors’ union and AMPTP are currently at a standstill. “After meaningful conversations, it is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction,” studio reps said in a statement on October 12. This led to those conversations being “suspended” for now, per </span><a href="https://deadline.com/2023/10/actors-strike-talks-suspended-1235570997/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deadline</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the time, SAG-AFTRA reps accused the studios of using “bully tactics” and misrepresenting the negotiation details when talking to the press.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Industry professionals were hoping that the recently ratified contract between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) would spur a similar agreement with the actors as both were on strike at the same time. But the past few weeks have not seen any progress toward a mutual agreement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the major point of contention remains how much actors get paid in revenue sharing for streaming residuals. </span></p>


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<p>A North Carolina family is demanding answers after their loved one&#8217;s body was found dead after days of people thinking it was a Halloween decoration.</p>
<p>Robert Owens, of China Grove, North Carolina, was found dead in front of an abandoned home. His family soon discovered that his body had been there for days and that a lawncare worker had mowed around Owens’ nearly naked body, believing it to be a Halloween decoration.</p>
<p>“Don’t know how you can do that,” Owens’ sister, Haley Shue, <a href="https://www.qcnews.com/news/u-s/north-carolina/rowan-county/we-want-answers-rowan-county-mans-body-mistaken-for-halloween-prop-lawn-mowed-around-him/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Queen City News. “Mow right beside someone and assume that they’re Halloween decorations at a house no one lives at.”</p>
<p>The China Grove Police Department released a statement saying officers spoke to the groundskeeper, who said he believed the body was a mannequin.</p>
<p>“However, the groundskeeper stated, he believed the body to be a fake dummy used for training by numerous law agencies on the property over the last few years and did not report it,&#8221; the department said in the statement, <a href="https://people.com/north-carolina-mans-body-found-at-empty-home-was-initially-mistaken-for-mannequin-police-8362897" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to People Magazine</a>.</p>
<p>The family had last seen Owens on October 1, but his body was discovered a week later, on October 10, lying face down in front of the abandoned home.</p>
<p>“My grandmother has lived off of Shue Road for 40+ years,” Shue told QC News, “and he’s never been to this house. He’s never known of this house this far off the road. He’s never been back here. He’s never been known to come here.”</p>
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<p>Police only told Owens’ sister, Haley, and mother, Brenda, that the 34-year-old wasn’t shot. They learned more details about the condition of his body from a construction worker on the property where it was found.</p>
<p>“Construction worker told us that he had cuts and scrapes on his arms like defensive wounds, his words,” Shue told QC News.</p>
<p>Police are investigating Owens’ death. While his family said he was a drug user, they don’t know how he ended up where he was found. Police reportedly don’t suspect foul play but are investigating. Police said an autopsy was performed in Raleigh, and preliminary findings showed no signs of assault or other trauma to Owens’ body.</p>
<p>Owens’ family, meanwhile, can’t believe he’s gone.</p>
<p>“His nieces and nephews love him, and he had just gotten my son a jacket, and he didn’t even have the chance to give it to him,” Shue told the outlet, crying. “We want answers.”</p>
<p>The China Grove Police Chief told QC News that the department expects more information this week and is waiting for a toxicology report to determine his cause of death.</p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/billie-eilish"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Billie Eilish</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> fans are a little weirded out by a recent photo she posted of herself dressed as a baby for Halloween, especially since she was posing with her older boyfriend who’s wearing an old man costume.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 20-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities"><span style="font-weight: 400;">singer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is in a relationship with 31-year-old Jesse Rutherford. The Instagram post seems to indicate that the couple thinks their age gap is funny, but many of Eilish’s followers weren’t very amused. “life is craaaaaaaaaaaaaaazy. happy halloween,” the caption said. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The image carousel also included photos of her carving a pumpkin, her friend Dylan Minnette in a pumpkin costume, her brother Finneas&#8217; injury, and some concert clips. The final image was of her with Rutherford wearing their baby/old man costumes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One person replied, “honestly yikes on the last photo.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“That last slide is gonna haunt her in a few years when she’s older and realizes that a 31 year old has no business with someone that young,” another wrote.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Girl wisen up, this isn’t a joke. Why isn’t he with someone his own age? Just think about it. It’s weird, not quirky,” a third shared in the comments. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eilish and Rutherford seemingly confirmed their relationship by posting that photo. Rumors had been swirling since they were spotted together in October and then were seen kissing outside an Indian restaurant in Los Angeles, per </span><a href="https://people.com/music/billie-eilish-halloween-costume-pokes-fun-at-age-gap-with-boyfriend-jesse-rutherford/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span style="font-weight: 400;">People</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.   </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are </span><a href="https://twitter.com/jrutherfordpics/status/942934059281502208?s=20&amp;t=rd1L9Ancz29kTe5K8fsgUA"><span style="font-weight: 400;">photos</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> of the pair in 2017 when Eilish was 15 and Rutherford was 26, though their romance seems relatively new.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Eilish was formerly in a relationship with rapper 7: AMP, real name Brandon Adams but who Eilish refers to as Q, who is 24. She spoke about their relationship in the 2021 Apple TV+ documentary “The World&#8217;s a Little Blurry.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;I just wasn&#8217;t happy. I didn&#8217;t want the same things he wanted and I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s fair for him,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I don&#8217;t think you should be in a relationship super excited about things that the other person couldn&#8217;t care less about.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fans were allegedly upset with how Eilish spoke about Q in the documentary and came after him on social media. The “Bad Guy” singer admonished them, telling them to “be nice.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Be nice to people no matter what! i love you guys thank you for protecting me but be nice!!&#8221; Eilish </span><a href="https://twitter.com/PopCrave/status/1366828699950198787"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Instagram.</span></p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">In the latest mass shooting in Chicago, fourteen people, including children ages 3, 11, and 13, were shot in a 3-second drive-by attack on Halloween night, police said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Seven women and four men ranging in age from 31 to 56 were also shot. According to Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, two people in a car opened fire at a crowd standing at an intersection for a vigil. Balloons were released around the gathering.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Alderman Jason Ervin commented, “It&#8217;s heartbreaking that people go out to memorialize someone and then become victims.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Hold off on hyperbole right now,” Brown <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/10/31/23434159/multiple-people-shot-in-east-garfield-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> asking how many people had been shot. “Right now, people are in there getting treated, some may be fighting for their lives. Let’s right now treat this in the most urgent way, we’re trying to find an offender.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“We picked up another girl, a little girl, about 13, and we brought her to that ambulance,” an eyewitness told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-mass-shooting-several-children-among-least-14-injured-drive-citys-west-side" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FOX 32 Chicago</a>. “But the ambulance driver said, &#8216;No, we can&#8217;t bring her in because you have people worse.&#8217; So we just sat her on the bumper.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The bystander added that one small girl had a bullet wound under her knee.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Six victims were transported to Mount Sinai Hospital, four to Stroger Hospital, two to Loyola University Medical Center and two to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/lawndale-mass-shooting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s over by three seconds,” Brown said. “The car’s pulling out after driving by and shooting randomly into the crowd. We do not have any motive. &#8230; We always worry about retaliation obviously, but we don’t know enough about this, whether it involved a gang conflict or some personal conflict yet, but as soon as we know we’ll share that with the public. And obviously we’re deploying extra police resources in the area to make sure that we can prevent any retaliation if that’s something that’s real.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The shootings were the worst in the Chicago area since March 2021, when fifteen people were shot and two killed in Greater Grand Crossing; in July 2020 fifteen people were shot in Gresham.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Roughly halfway through 2022, on July 1 the Chicago Police Department <a href="https://news.wttw.com/2022/07/01/shootings-homicides-down-year-chicago-still-pace-top-600-killings-2022-police" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that there had been 310 homicides and 1,255 shootings since January 1.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Through late September, Chicago’s <a href="https://wirepoints.org/chicago-2022-homicide-rate-5-times-higher-than-new-york-citys-2-5-times-higher-than-los-angeles-wirepoints/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">homicide rate</a> was 18.4 people killed for every 100,000 residents. Los Angeles’ homicide rate was 7.5 people killed per 100,000; New York’s homicide rate was 3.6 people killed per 100,000.</p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Singer </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/machine-gun-kelly"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Machine Gun Kelly</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and his fiancée, actress </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/megan-fox"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Megan Fox</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, invited all sorts of reactions on social media after sharing their very realistic </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/halloween"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Halloween</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> costumes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox posted a series of photos to her Instagram account with the caption, “But are these even costumes.” The pair were dressed as former celebrity couple </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Most of their followers were delighted with their choice of Halloween outfits and how perfect they looked. But some took issue with one of the images MGK, whose real name is Colson Baker, decided to share. In it, the 32-year-old rapper appears to snort a line of cocaine off of Fox’s breasts.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While most followers didn’t believe the cocaine was real, they were still a bit upset that MGK would mock hard drug use. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Not cool with the snorting and having teens idol [sic] you,” one fan shared.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another agreed, writing in the comments thread, &#8220;Not sure about the &#8216;promoting hard drugs&#8217; part&#8230; It is stupid as hell&#8230; Why the f*** would you do this ?&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Him thinking it’s ok to post a video doing a fucking line is crossing a f***ing line after every artist we’ve had overdose in the past few years,&#8221; a third person agreed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were also plenty of fans who thought the costumes, including the cocaine prop, were hilarious.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Oh my God dude you made me laugh so freaking hard,” one comment said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Meanwhile, MGK has said in the past that he doesn’t do drugs. &#8220;As I grow, that same person who I was when I was 25 isn&#8217;t who I am now,&#8221; the singer said during an </span><a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/machine-gun-kelly-tells-dave-franco-about-the-year-that-saved-his-life"><span style="font-weight: 400;">interview</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 2020. &#8220;Currently, my drug of choice is happiness and commitment to the art, rather than commitment to a vice that I believed made the art. I&#8217;m taking steps.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fox and MGK are used to shocking their fans with much more scandalous behavior than mimicked drug use. Earlier this year, the pair made headlines after bragging about drinking each other’s blood following their engagement. After getting a lot of backlash, the actress </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/take-my-soul-megan-fox-confirms-she-drinks-fiances-blood-he-drinks-hers-for-ritual-purposes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">explained</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in more detail.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I guess to drink each other’s blood might mislead people or people are imagining us with goblets and we’re like ‘Game of Thrones’ drinking each other’s blood,” Fox told Glamour U.K. “It’s just a few drops, but yes, we do consume each other’s blood on occasion for ritual purposes only.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“And it is controlled where it’s like, ‘Let’s shed a few drops of blood and each drink it,’” she continued. “He’s much more haphazard and hectic and chaotic, where he’s willing to just cut his chest open with broken glass and be like, ‘Take my soul.’”</span></p>


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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Fashion model Kendall Jenner decided to celebrate Halloween by dressing as a character from the iconic “Toy Story” children’s films, but catalyzed harsh criticism for her costume transforming the character from innocent to racy.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Jenner, who <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11371817/Kendall-Jenner-faces-wave-backlash-sporting-controversial-Toy-Story-Halloween-costume.html">boasts</a> 262 million Instagram followers, posted photos of herself as the cowgirl Jessie, but instead of wearing the character’s traditional chaps over a pair of jeans, the costume featured Jenner wearing cow print chaps over hot pants, leaving some of her derriere exposed, as well as a bare midriff and bare shoulders.</p>
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<p>“This is ridiculous. It&#8217;s Halloween, and you&#8217;re just sexualizing a child&#8217;s character,” one Instagram follower wrote in response.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Some other sample comments: “That’s just wrong 🤯 kids movie, nothing cute about this.” “Sorry but, in my opinion (despite you care about or not) it’s not appropriate to make everything hottie n sexy, leave something for kids for god’s sake.” “Ruins a childhood movie.” “Oh now we’re sexualizing Kids animations Ayy?” “Why sexualize a character that is for children??? Seriously, why???”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Toy Story’s innocent approach has been criticized before; in June 2019, a writer named Stella Duffy told the BBC, as <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7178101/Writer-SLAMS-Toy-Story-4-having-no-black-leads-labels-disablist.html">the Daily Mail reported,</a> that the film was sexist and racist. Speaking of Toy Story 4, she declared, “Seriously, it’s 2019! What on Earth are Disney doing having a film that has no leads that are black characters?”’</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Yes, there are black actors, but they are yellow and they are green and they are plush! How can they possibly think that it’s alright now?” she complained. “How can they possibly think that it’s alright now? Yeah, maybe in 1995 – which was also wrong then, as well, actually – but now, to be serious, where every single humanoid toy, is white? It’s just shocking!”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Okay, let’s talk about the white feminism on display here. Oh look! Bo-Peep’s a feminist. No she’s not! She’s still going to fall in love, she’s still going to have the happily ever after, that’s not feminism!” Duffy continued. “It’s a woman who kicks off her skirt to reveal bloomers. Had a couple of thoughts… and does some high wire acts.”</p>


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<p>President Joe Biden expressed his condolences to the loved ones of two American citizens who died during a stampede at a Halloween event in Seoul, South Korea.</p>
<p>Biden shared the comments in a Sunday post on Twitter after the U.S. Embassy in South Korea confirmed the deaths.</p>
<p>&#8220;Jill and I are devastated to learn that at least two Americans are among so many who lost their lives in Seoul,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Our hearts go out to their loved ones in this time of grief, and we continue to pray for the recovery of all who were injured.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Jill and I are devastated to learn that at least two Americans are among so many who lost their lives in Seoul. Our hearts go out to their loved ones in this time of grief, and we continue to pray for the recovery of all who were injured.</p>
<p>&mdash; President Biden (@POTUS) <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1586773677869342724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p class="paragraph inline-placeholder" data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">“The U.S. Embassy in Seoul is working closely with local authorities and other partner organizations to assist U.S. citizens affected. We offer our sincerest condolences to the loved ones of those killed and continue to assist the injured. Due to privacy considerations, we have no additional details at this time,&#8221; it added.</p>
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">A total of 153 people were killed in the stampede, according to the latest reports, with another 133 injured. The tragedy occurred when crowds of people celebrating Halloween swelled in the narrow alleys of Seoul&#8217;s Itaewon nightclub district.</p>
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">In addition to the two American citizens who died, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/asia/live-news/seoul-south-korea-halloween-10-30-22#h_656d1d429d7dc12cf6aebd2f9b68bbf5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">three other Americans</a> were treated for injuries.</p>
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">At least 20 casualties from 10 different nationalities were reported by Sunday, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/30/seoul-halloween-stampede-itaewon-south-korea/#link-MZXP6JMUHJH5FPAL5RCGCKK3NM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> the Washington Post.</p>
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">The Post also <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/10/30/seoul-halloween-stampede-itaewon-south-korea/#link-MZXP6JMUHJH5FPAL5RCGCKK3NM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that one of the American deaths was Steven Blesi, a junior from Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia, near Atlanta. Blesi was in Seoul as part of a study abroad semester, according to his parents.</p>
<p data-uri="archive.cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/paragraph_03C898D0-9E30-42D6-8859-EF2CF86F4852@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph">South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning following the incident, designating the district in which it occurred as a disaster zone after the Saturday night disaster, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/yoon-declares-mourning-south-korea-after-halloween-crush-kills-151-2022-10-30/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> Reuters.</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-146-people-dead-150-injured-after-being-crushed-in-large-halloween-party-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>, there were so many people present at the scene that emergency workers reportedly struggled to reach the victims and then dealt with crowd issues in an effort to transport people to hospitals.</p>
<p>The Washington Post <a href="https://twitter.com/bybryanpietsch/status/1586379887463772160">reported</a> that the U.S. Military had also responded to the incident and was helping local authorities do crowd control.</p>
<p>The Yonsan-gu Fire Department said that there was no gas leak or fire in the area as they continued to investigate what led to the mass casualty event.</p>
<p>The tragedy is being called one of the largest mass casualty events during peacetime in the country’s history. Most of the victims were younger adults in their 20s, according to witnesses.</p>


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