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Wendy’s is giving away the gift of free Frosty treats this holiday season. On Wednesday, the chain announced that its Frosty Key Tags will be available for purchase in its restaurants and app from Dec. 9 until Feb. 15, 2025. For $3, customers can get unlimited free Jr. Frosty treats with purchase from Dec. 9, 2024, to Dec. 31, 2025. Panda Express customers can get free merch when they purchase a meal: Here’s what you need to know Proceeds from each Frosty key tag will directly benefit the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, a nonprofit organization that works to find permanent homes for children in foster care in the United States and Canada. Customers interested in placing a bulk order for key tags can do so on the foundation’s website. The foundation has helped find forever families for more than 14,800 children. The Frosty keychains were first sold nationwide in 2014, raising millions of dollars for the foundation to date.

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday will vote to cement protections for undocumented immigrants by officially making L.A. a sanctuary city. The vote reaffirms the council’s unanimous decision last month. After President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in November, officials in California and other Democrat-led states are preparing for him and his administration to follow through on promises to crack down on undocumented migrants. Trump has even claimed he will use the military to enact mass deportations. Officials voting on ordinance to formally make Los Angeles a ‘sanctuary city’  In Los Angeles, however, those deportation squads won’t receive any local help. “We will not be participating in any roundups of anybody with [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] or any other agency,” said Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell. Once the bill is signed by Mayor Karen Bass, it will go into effect in 10 days, almost assuredly before Trump takes office in January. “I think it’s important to send a message to Angelenos, all Angelenos, and we are a city of immigrants,” Bass said.

WASHINGTON —  The Supreme Court’s conservatives said Wednesday they are inclined to uphold state laws in half the nation that prohibit the use of hormone treatments for transgender teens. Led by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., they said there is an evolving medical debate over the use of puberty blockers and sex hormones for adolescents who suffer from gender dysphoria. “My understanding is the Constitution leaves this to the people’s representatives rather than the nine of us,” Roberts said, adding that none of them are doctors. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh agreed. “There is obviously an evolving debate” about the risks and benefits of these medical treatments, he said. “England is pulling back. That’s a yellow light.” He said there were risks and benefits to the use of these hormones, but said the court should not decide which side is correct. “It just seems to me the Constitution doesn’t take sides on how to resolve this,” he said. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Amy Coney Barrett appeared to agree. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch did not voice a view. But the court’s three liberals

BEIRUT —  Middle East observers would be forgiven for thinking they were in a time machine when Syria’s rebels blitzed last week through the country’s northwestern regions, capturing Aleppo in a stunning advance that has reignited the country’s long-dormant civil war. Over the past seven days, the rebels — long considered a fractured, hopelessly compromised force — have routed Syrian army troops from their bases and positions, making gains in Idlib, Aleppo and Hama provinces. The offensive represents the most serious threat since 2019 to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his backers in Iran and Russia. After an initial retreat, loyalist forces are regrouping, with reports of Syrian army units and Iranian-backed Iraqi militias mobilizing toward Hama to stay the opposition’s advance. Meanwhile, Russian warplanes have launched airstrikes on overrun neighborhoods of Aleppo and pounded rebel-held areas to the north. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a watchdog group with a network of activists in the country, says more than 600 people have been killed in the recent fighting, including more than 100 civilians. The clashes have brought back to attention a civil war that has

A British band kicking off its West Coast tour in San Francisco this week hit a bump in the road when a gunman robbed the members’ tour van at a Vallejo gas station. But as consummate professionals, the group said itwill continue its tour. “Just been robbed at gun point 10 minutes into the US tour,” the band, Sports Team, wrote in an Instagram post. “Man runs in saying some guys are smashing into a van. Ran out to try to stop it and find masked guys ransacking the van.” The post-bunk band is set to release a new album in February and has tour stops in San Diego, Los Angeles and Portland later this month. The band played the first show of its tour in San Francisco on Monday and made the drive to its next gig in Sacramento. But the members stopped first at a Vallejo gas station Starbucks on Tuesday, where the tour gods were not smiling down on them. One of the masked men pulled out a gun when the band members tried to stop the robbery, according to the band’s

December 4, 2024 / 1:10 PM EST / AFP SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew completes spacewalk SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew completes historic civilian spacewalk, here’s what to know 02:54 President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he intends to nominate Jared Isaacman, the online payments billionaire and the first private astronaut to ever perform a spacewalk, as the next NASA administrator. The nod could spark questions about potential conflicts of interest, given Isaacman’s extensive financial ties to Elon Musk, who is set to co-chair a government efficiency commission and is one of Trump’s closest advisers. Isaacman, 41, the founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments, has emerged as a leading figure in commercial spaceflight through his high-profile collaborations with Musk’s SpaceX. His achievements include stepping out of a Crew Dragon to gaze at Earth from the void of space, while clutching the spacecraft’s exterior, back in September. “I am delighted to nominate Jared Isaacman, an accomplished business leader, philanthropist, pilot and astronaut, as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Jared will drive NASA’s mission of discovery and inspiration, paving the way

Minnesota Vikings receiver Jordan Addison has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor drunk-driving charges stemming from his arrest in July, when a California Highway Patrol officer found the former USC standout asleep behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce that was blocking traffic near Los Angeles International Airport. Addison entered not-guilty pleas Tuesday on the charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with 0.08% blood-alcohol level, according to Los Angeles County Superior Court records. A pretrial conference hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 9. If he’s found guilty, Addison could face up to six months in jail, $1,000 in fines and have his license suspended up to 10 months. According to the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse, discipline for first-time violators of law involving alcohol could face a three-game suspension without pay, with some “aggravating circumstances” allowing for a harsher penalty. “Any disciplinary actions that come my way I’m going to stand tall, face it, get through it and shake back,” Addison said at the start of training camp in late July. “Whatever’s out there for me, I’m going to

SEOUL —  The morning after South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law — then stood down — his political future was swiftly unraveling. Opposition lawmakers have filed insurrection charges against Yoon and are also moving to impeach him. Some in his own conservative People Power Party have called for his expulsion from the party. People shout slogans and hold a sign reading “Stop” during a rally Wednesday against President Yoon Suk-yeol at the National Assembly in Seoul. (Ahn Young-joon / Associated Press) The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, a key force in the mass protests that ousted corrupt conservative President Park Geun-hye in 2017, has called on its 1.1 million members to strike until Yoon resigns. “Considering what happened yesterday, I don’t think he’s going to voluntarily step down,” said Ha Sang-eung, a political scientist at Sogang University in Seoul. “But it’s also going to be very difficult for him to dig in his heels and wait it out.” Here’s what may come next for the South Korean president. Impeachment On Wednesday afternoon — less than 17 hours after Yoon’s short-lived declaration of martial law

A lawsuit brought against The Willows school by two sets of parents and the nonprofit group Protection for the Educational Rights of Kids that deals with the school’s former coronavirus vaccine mandate will be decided by an arbitrator rather than a jury. Plaintiffs Paul and Dee Barshon, as well as Yotam Shochat and Shira Aflalo, along with PERK, allege the private Culver City school breached a contract by forcing their children to be taught an inferior education by taking lessons remotely because the students were not vaccinated against the coronavirus. During a Tuesday hearing, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kerry Bensinger granted a school motion to compel arbitration, having received no opposition from the parents. None of the children still attend the school . In the suit filed Jan. 12, the plaintiffs maintain that the school’s vaccination rule exceeded its authority because it is up to the state Department of Public Health to make such regulations for students. The parents and PERK also contend that The Willows improperly disallowed religious or other exemptions to taking the shot. The plaintiffs also argue that the enrollment contract