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Iconic candy’s dim future sparks surge in Necco Wafers

The maker of the colorful Necco Wafers has experienced a surge in sales since announcing it might close unless it finds a buyer, and a Florida woman offered to exchange her 15-year-old car for one company’s wafer inventory.

California agrees to limited Guard role at Mexican border

California Gov. Jerry Brown accepted President Donald Trump’s call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House’s portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement.

Stand-up comedy pioneer, Mitzi Shore, dies at 87

Mitzi Shore, owner of the Los Angeles club the Comedy Store and one of the most influential figures in stand-up for more than four decades, has died. She was 87.

‘A Christmas Story’ house plans to expand

A Cleveland house known for its appearance in the holiday classic “A Christmas Story” is planning to expand.

Anchorage voters first to reject anti-transgender bathroom bill

Voters in Alaska’s largest city are on track to becoming the first in the U.S. to defeat a so-called bathroom bill in a referendum that asked them to require people using public bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender at birth.

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