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The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide. By Robert D. McFadden Rod Paige, ...

Rod Paige, an educator, coach, and administrator who rolled out the nation’s landmark No Child Left Behind law as the first African American to serve as U.S. secretary of education, died Tuesday.

Rod Paige, a former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Secretary of Education, died Tuesday morning at the age of 92. Paige was the first Black secretary of education as well as the first school ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire confirms the former Houston ISD superintendent and U.S. Education Secretary, Rod Paige, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Paige had a distinguished career in public ...

Losing 49-0 is not how anyone expected the season to end for West Virginia. Everyone knew the challenges that Texas Tech presented and knew it would likely be a two-score or more defeat. Still, the ...

The Brandon Aiyuk era with the San Francisco 49ers could be over after this season, and the player may not even play a snap in the 2025 campaign due to a knee injury. Last year, it appeared that Aiyuk ...

Dan Raby, the senior digital producer for CBS News Atlanta, has been covering everything happening around Georgia for more than a decade. Florida rapper Rod Wave was arrested on drug and weapon ...

After weeks of anticipation, the Federal Reserve trimmed its benchmark interest rate today, dropping the benchmark rate by another 25 basis points, marking its second rate cut of 2025. The move, which ...

The Fed cut interest rates again because of a big drop-off in hiring and the rising risk of higher unemployment, Fed chief Jerome Powell confirmed. "Job gains have slowed significantly since earlier ...

Crypto markets are continuing their rise this week after weaker-than-expected U.S. labor data and amid a government shutdown that saw the market adopt the stance that a Federal Reserve rate cut next ...