Halloween trick-or-treaters across the country are facing some of the coldest air so far this season, Axios' Sareen Habeshian and Rebecca Falconer write.

• Why it matters: Trick-or-treaters are already expected to see a downgrade in candy quality. Now some will have to contend with snow and "blustery cold winds," according to the National Weather Service.

What's happening: Forecasts are calling for a frightfully chilly night in the Midwest and Great Plains.

• Snow squalls threatening Minneapolis, Chicago and Milwaukee could make trick-or-treating and travel hazardous.
• "It may be a good idea to figure out how to incorporate a jacket into that costume ... across much of the lower 48," the National Weather Service wrote on X.

🧛 By the numbers: Some 40 million people were under freeze warnings in the U.S. after a "potent cold front" swept in from Canada yesterday, the NWS reports.

• Low temperatures could break records overnight from the Southern Plains to the Midwest.

🥶 Zoom in: Halloween night temperatures are expected to stay in the 30s across large parts of the middle of the country.

• The Northeast will see temperatures in the 30s and 40s.
• Denver will have a white Halloween after a snowstorm passed through over the weekend. Temperatures there will be in the low 40s.

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TikTok posts using the hashtag #StandwithPalestine have gotten over four times as many views as posts using #StandwithIsrael in the past two weeks, Axios Media Trends author Sara Fischer writes.

• Why it matters: The data from TikTok's creator center shows how the conversation around the war between Israel and Hamas is playing out on one of the world's most popular platforms for young people.

Between the lines: 87% of the audience for #StandwithPalestine posts is under 35.

• That's 66% for #StandwithIsrael posts.

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Candy corn regularly tops the list of most divisive foods in America, Derrick Bryson Taylor writes for the N.Y. Times.

• The tricolored treat, originally called chicken feed, was invented as a cheap candy in the late 1880s and marketed toward working-class children.

It's developed near-fanatical devotion and disgust:

• Wanda King, of Wiggins, Mississippi, keeps her candy corn collection with nearly 40 varieties stored in mason jars. Flavors range from sea salt chocolate to blackberry cobbler.
• Opponents complain of a mealy consistency that makes them shudder.

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Chocolate dominates the list of America's favorite candy, Axios' Lindsey Bailey writes from Instacart data:

• Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Peanut M&Ms came in first and second place.
• Classic M&Ms took third, followed by Tootsie Pops and Twizzlers.

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