Japan’s potato chip crisis hits home as spud shortage strikes snack makers: Report

Japanese supermarkets, manufacturers and consumers are snapping up all the potato and chips they can find as a poor harvest from the country’s top potato producing region hits fresh supplies, the Nikkei Asian Review reported on Monday. The northern island of...

Bipartisan Agreement Reached to Fund Government Through September

By THOMAS KAPLAN and MATT FLEGENHEIMER April 30, 2017 WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders reached a bipartisan agreement on Sunday to fund the government through September, effectively ending any suspense about the possibility of a government...