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Meet the American who first planted apples in the colonies: William Blaxton, eccentric settler

This fall, tip your basket to William Blaxton when you pluck a plump apple from a tree, bob for apples on Halloween or cherish your grandmother’s amazing apple pie on Thanksgiving. Reverend Blaxton, among other claims to fame, planted the first seeds that would fuel a pioneering nation and give apples an image of all-American wholesomeness. A bookish and eccentric …

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Parents ask Supreme Court to take up case to restore opt-outs for instruction on gender and sexuality

A group of Muslim, Jewish and Christian parents from a Maryland school district are asking the United States Supreme Court to protect their right to opt their kids out of a gender and sexuality curriculum that they believe is not age-appropriate, according to an appeal filed Thursday. The Montgomery County Board of Education removed parental notices and opt-outs for instruction …

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