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How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple — an expert explains the 8,000-year history

Grafting pecans became popular after an enslaved man named Antoine who lived on a Louisiana plantation successfully produced ...

The Education Department gave another agency power to distribute money. It hasn’t gone smoothly.

Critics say issues with accessing federal career and technical education funding could preview bigger problems when the Trump administration starts to outsource more of the Education Department’s ...