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We have a lot of Halloween traditions, but what is the history of Halloween and why do we dress up, carve jack-o-lanterns, and go trick-or-treating?

Halloween night in NYC will be a lively one with wild creations as part of the 39th annual Village Halloween Parade; find out the parade route, least crowded spots, and best time to get there.

Frontier Airlines is offering a one day only Happy Halloween sale for $8 flights.

Passengers on at least three JetBlue planes and one American Airlines plane were stranded on the tarmac in Connecticut for over seven hours.

Decorative displays of pumpkins in New York and New Hampshire lay covered in snow, as a rare and late October winter storm struck the U.S. Northeastern region on Saturday and Sunday. The snow storm also led to power outages.

While some rejoice at the unexpected snow over Halloween weekend, many others in the Northeast face power outages, mass delays, and dangerous driving conditions as the rare snow storm travels up the East Coast. See footage of the storm, including New York' Occupy Wall Street, and view photos of the massive snowfall at MetLife Stadium and across Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Nick Aaronson, a U.S. Airways flight attendant, was found dead in a Hilton hotel room while on layover in Mexico City, killed in what authorities strongly suspect was a homicide. Aaronson, 33, was found naked with his hands tied and a belt around his neck in an apparent strangulation, though no motive or suspect have been found for the murder.

After a nor'easter pummeled the area on Saturday, Oct. 29, the Northeast is now clambering to clean up the aftermath. More than 2.3 million customers, stretching from Maryland to New England, lost power on Saturday and early Sunday morning, due to the storm.

The Shining doesn't have anything on these ghostly locations because each of these haunted places is 100% real. Here are the real deathly stories of five of the most haunted sites in America.

A three-hour walking tour through the Making of Harry Potter installation at the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden outside Watford, England, is set to take visitors behind the scenes of the most popular wizard film series of all time.

In a year already colored by rare natural events, including an earthquake and a strike from Hurricane Irene, New York could receive an all-time record snowfall for the month of October on Saturday, according to forecasts.

One passenger's death is potentially suspicious

Many buildings in the old city of Suakin in the Red Sea state along the Red Sea are being restored in a bid to attract tourism to the state.

Halloween 2011 falls on Monday but the parties are beginning on Saturday. If you are in the New York City area this weekend here is a list of places you should stop by.

There’s more to Halloween in New York City than the Village Halloween Parade. Here’s a look at some of the best parties and events all over the city for the 2011 Halloween Weekend.

Prince Charles, claiming he is related to Vlad the Impaler of Dracula fame, is using the connection to his Transylvanian ancestor to help promote his interest in preserving Romania's forests. In an interview on upcoming TV show Wild Carpathia, the heir to the British throne praised the country for its timelessness, and said the link to his vampire kin gives him a stake in Transylvania's ecosystem.

The latest news on the floods in Bangkok and how it is affecting travel and tourism in the region.

It’s time to put together a costume Los Angeles; here are the best Halloween events the city has to offer all weekend long for both the kids and adults.

Check a map, these places do exist!

Diwali is celebrated across the globe from Trinidad and Tobago to Quebec, Canada. Here's a look at photos of the global celebration of the Festival of Lights.

Officials in Chile are warning of the imminent eruption of the Hudson Volcano. Evacuations have begun and the region has been placed on high alert.

A Chicago man asked his girlfriend for her hand in marriage over the loudspeaker on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Chicago

Hurricane Rina's projected path has forced numerous flight cancellations and diverted nearly a dozen cruise ships.

There may be aliens among us. The filmmakers behind the movie Revelations of the Mayans 2012 and Beyond have released what they believe to be photographic evidence of a pre-Mayan, ancient alien civilization to TheWrap. Producer Raul Julia-Levy submitted a photograph to TheWrap of a giant carved head in a jungle in southern Guatemala. The photograph was taken in the 1930s.

Every year, animals die as a result of traveling in cargo hold

The world population is expected to reach 7 billion people on Oct. 31, 2011.

The latest news on travel alerts, evacuations, and the airports in Thailand as Bangkok faces severe floods.

Following these simple travel etiquette tips will not only make you less likely to stand out as a tourist, it will bring better service and more respect from locals.

After a three year delay, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner makes its first commercial voyage from Narita airport in Tokyo to Hong Kong.