The following products are being recalled because they could be contaminated with salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children and others with weakened immune systems: ___ McCormick & Co. Inc. of Sparks, Md., is expanding an earlier recall to include more "best-by" dates of onion gravy, vegetable dip and French onion dip mixes ...

A New York judge has declared a second mistrial in the case against a New Jersey blogger charged with threatening federal judges. The Brooklyn trial of Hal Turner was halted Wednesday after the judge received a series of notes from jurors saying they were hopelessly deadlocked ...

Illinois State Senator Bill Brady has captured the Republican nomination for Illinois governor, gay website ChicagoPride.com reported.

Rival Republican Kirk Dillard conceded defeat Friday, a month after the Illinois primary, and endorsed Brady for governor. Brady eked out a victory with a narrow 193 votes, a final ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Rains and warmer weather this week could trigger flooding in portions of the Midwest grain belt, prompting concerns of delays to field work ahead of seeding the corn and soy crops, a forecaster said on Monday. Farmers in top grain states like Iowa and Illinois normally begin planting their corn and soybean crops in April. "This is the ...