It was only Arizona's second Independence Day as a state. No doubt celebrators in Tucson wanted everything to go smoothly, yet memorably. Well, at least it was memorable. Perhaps things would have ...

Yesterday, October 16, the Pueblo County Coroner’s Office announced it was throwing a Halloween party on October 31, hoping to provide a “safe and sweet Halloween celebration” for the community.

Before true crime and reality TV, there was the Paris Morgue—where crowds queued to see the dead. It was the first of its kind, and for decades, the city’s strangest attraction. This mid-1800s ...