Author: Jordan Culver, USA TODAY

A Maryland woman and her family were asked to leave an Outback Steakhouse after her son, who has special needs, was the subject of a noise complaint.

Police in Ohio are investigating a home explosion as a hate crime after racist graffiti was found near the scene.

Larondrick Macklin, 31, was arrested in Alabama after police say he broke into a woman’s home with a gun. She defended herself with hot grease.

A few Democratic presidential candidates took to Twitter on Monday night to criticize the New York Times’ Tuesday front page headline.

Wayne Lee Padgett, 31, called a Walmart where his mother works and threatened to “shoot up” the store. He was arrested and charged with a felony.

The petition to change the date of Halloween from October 31 to the last Saturday in October is now a petition to start National Trick or Treat Day.

A 26-year-old man “holding a long knife” walked into a precinct and asked to be shot, police said. He received the shock of a stun gun instead.

A petition to change the date of Halloween that was started by the Halloween & Costume Association has more than 63,000 signatures.