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Trump's pick as America's top diplomat is to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Senators are expected to question former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson about his views on Russia.

An expensive delicacy among nuts, pine nuts are foraged — not farmed — from distant forests. In some places, the delicate ecosystems that produce the nuts are disappearing.

Ursula von der Leyen is the first woman to hold the job. She has no military experience and is best known for social policies such as expanded parental leave. But she has already said that Germany should play a more active role in foreign missions, and that could involve sending troops into conflict zones.

Forested land isn't usually good for farming unless it's clear-cut and plowed. Mini farms under the tree tops can grow crops like ginseng and mushrooms. It may be viable way to be a small time farmer.

The annual report of Reporters Without Borders finds that more journalists have been killed in Iraq since March 2003 than during the 20 years of conflict in Vietnam. Reporters have become targets in Iraq in marked contrast with reporters' experiences during the war in Vietnam.

The Kitchen Sisters -- producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva -- came across a 1983 conversation they had with Edna Lewis, a legendary American chef and a pioneer of Southern cooking.

Spring thaw brings the chance to pick up trash hiding under the snow--and it's also time to prepare for the "state bird." (The mosquito.)

Impeccably sourced, George Packer's energetic prose carries the reader through the main acts of the man's diplomatic life — but leaves questions about his motivations for turning to Wall Street.

Noel King speaks with Mike Sprayberry, the director of Emergency Management in North Carolina, about the flooding and heavy rain from Hurricane Isaias.

A bipartisan group of senators wants to make daylight saving time permanent. But sleep experts say standard time is better, because it saves morning light and is more in sync with our natural rhythms.