CHICAGO -- A woman in Illnois lost almost $1 million over several months to a scammer using the "pig butchering" technique. Just as a farmer fattens up a pig for slaughter, in the scheme a scammer ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. --Yoenis Cespedes'prize pig is headed to the butcher. The New York Mets sent a semi-official statement Wednesday announcing the 270-pound grand-champion hog, purchased for $7,000 ...

Do you get unsolicited text messages from people you don’t know? Be forewarned: If you respond, you could be falling for a particularly dangerous online scam that has found victims around the world.

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

"Tell him that we kill hogs tomorrow and I will be up to my eyes in grease." --Matilda Fulton to her daughter Elizabeth Fulton, Dec. 15, 1839. Two years and 33 weeks into this column, I am pleased to ...

When the 51-year-old New Jersey father posted on Facebook about the troubles he faces while taking care of a son with celiac ...

We are having beautiful spring weather lately. It sure gives a person spring fever, although it's really not too long before the calendar says “spring begins.” Yesterday I took advantage of the lovely ...

If the weather forecast for the southern Illinois farm of my youth promised three or four cold and clear days in early February, the work forecast promised three or four days of hot and heavy hog ...