Reading archive 2023-10-31

A city banned teens from trick-or-treating. A tragic story was behind it.

The history of the drug-laced candy myth — and the real Halloween killer

A gay first lady? Yes, we’ve already had one, and here are her love letters.

As Israel pummels Gaza, the crisis in the West Bank comes into focus - "About half a million settlers live in the West Bank, in settlements that abut the lands and homes of a Palestinian population six times their number. For the Israeli right, their security concerns are paramount. For Palestinians, life under a relentless military occupation is only stoking further despair and radicalization."

Israeli settler kills Palestinian man harvesting olives as violence surges in the West Bank

Colleges braced for antisemitism and violence. It’s happening.: ‘I have Jewish blood on my hands,’ a Tulane student said after aiding a classmate who was assaulted at a pro-Palestinian rally

Opinion  The closer you look, the more Netanyahu resembles Trump

After Fury, Netanyahu Deletes, Apologizes for Post Blaming Security Chiefs for Hamas Attack: In a post overnight Saturday, Netanyahu asserted that he never received forewarning about Hamas' deadly attack. He earlier said ‘After the war everyone will have to answer to hard questions...Right now, my task is to save the country’