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The yellow-roofed chain diners, ubiquitous in the South, don't just serve up comfort food. Jukeboxes inside play tunes like "There Are Raisins in My Toast" — courtesy of Waffle Records. No joke.

For workers who want a raise, this was an encouraging week, with minimum-wage legislation gaining momentum and employers paying more across the board.

In Michigan, Donald Trump has been steadily leading in the Republican polls. Ted Cruz and John Kasich have been rallying their supporters in hopes of making a stronger than expected showing.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with NPR's national political correspondent Mara Liasson about what's happened this week in politics and looks at the week ahead.

Compared with the Great Recession years, 2015 was a fairly tame time. Still, at least five stories had major impacts. They involved everything from crashing oil prices to merging beer companies.

Ted Cruz's campaign says it raised nearly $20 million during the last three months of 2015. And as the calendar shifts to 2016, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump are changing how they spend money.

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the most memorable events in the athletic world this year.

The former New York governor never caught fire in the crowded GOP race and failed to even make the primary ballot in several key nominating states.

Ammunition and tools for explosives were found in the car and home of the San Bernardino shooting suspects. A day after the attack, the investigation is widening and the region is struggling to cope.

The country executed 47 people today, including a prominent cleric for the minority Shia in the Kingdom. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was a vocal critic of the Saudi monarchy and was arrested in 2012.