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Fifteen top posts at the Department of Homeland Security, including retiring Secretary Janet Napolitano's position, are now vacant or soon will be. Many are being filled on a temporary basis, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want the Obama administration to get busy filling those jobs, too.

The BBC and BuzzFeed published an expose about match-fixing in tennis but did not name names of implicated players. Some people, including Roger Federer, have called for the release of names.

A new top prosecutor will review 15 dropped corruption investigations involving the owner of a gas firm on whose board Hunter Biden sat. Ruslan Ryaboshapka says he knows of no evidence against Biden.

U.S. bobsled racers triumphed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but it's been tough sledding ever since. The American team has lost big sponsors and struggled to win big races. This weekend, the world's top sled teams face off in Lake Placid, N.Y., for the world championships. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports that American athletes hope the home-track advantage will give them a shot at a medal.

Venezuela produces its own version of the hit game show franchise Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? In a country with runaway inflation, the top prize of 1 million bolivars is worth about $2,000.

Reddy beat Karen Crnkovich in the GOP primary for the Kansas City-area Congressional seat. He leans far more conservative than Davids, and says that securing the border is his top priority.

American farming increasingly relies on software to keep the U.S. the world’s top food producer. But all that reliance on code-driven machinery has drawn ransomware attacks that could prove particularly devastating during harvest.

Robbie Makinen, who's led the agency since 2016, reportedly resisted a "money grab" by top Kansas City officials who sought millions in federal pandemic recovery funds awarded to the KCATA in order to pay for new streetlights.

Credit Suisse has been accused by senators of helping American clients hide assets from the IRS. The Swiss bank's top executives are answering the allegations in a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

Yes, the sweet potato is a nutritional giant. Who can resist when it's topped with marshmallows? From the NPR archives, a Kenyan researcher explains why the sight of the tuber makes her go "heck, no!"