For those who love Halloween, it's not too early to decide on a costume or at least a costume idea. Horror movie characters like Scream's Ghostface and Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy are easy go-to choices for those who wait until the last minute.

As Halloween approaches, the search for the perfect costume again moves beyond traditional ghosts and goblins into a pop culture realm dominated this year by everything from Beetlejuice to Buc-ee’s branded T-shirts, blankets and accessories that celebrate in the spirit of that sprawling roadside empire. Scary stuff.

A South Korean court has given three police officers prison sentences over their botched handling of a 2022 Halloween crush in a Seoul nightlife district that killed nearly 160 people.

The former head of a local police station in Seoul has been sentenced to three years in jail over a deadly 2022 Halloween crowd crush, making him the highest-ranking law enforcement official to be held criminally liable over the disaster.