NEW YORK (AP) — Struggling fabric and crafts seller Joann plans to close about 500 of its stores across the U.S. — or more than half of its current nationwide footprint.

Clear a landing zone, because the Pikmin 3 Deluxe game is headed to the Nintendo Switch family of systems on October 30th. Pikmin 3 originally launched on Wii U, and now it’s making the leap ...