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The federal government's top climate scientists announced Tuesday that 2012 was really hot — among the top 10 hottest years on record and the hottest ever in the U.S., with rising sea levels, less Arctic sea ice and warmer oceans. And the American Geophysical Union called humanity "the major influence" on global climate change.

For a party that's running up big margins with younger voters, Democrats are awfully gray at the top.

J.C. Penney, American Eagle and Target are each looking to find a new CEO. As these retail chains continue their search, executive recruiters explain why it's so hard to fill those top jobs.

It's time for the NCAA basketball playoffs, and they've earned their name, providing some genuine surprises. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman stops by to tell us what's worth our watch.

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.

Contrary to widespread belief, it's no harder to climb the economic ladder now than a generation ago. But the study did find that moving up that ladder is still a lot harder in the United States than in other developed countries.

In one semifinal, top-ranked Alabama is pitted against Ohio State. In the other, defending champion and undefeated Florida State takes on Oregon. Robert Siegel talks to Grantland's Holly Anderson.

Furniture tip-overs kill multiple children every year. A nonprofit group tested a range of dressers and found there was no way for consumers to tell by looking whether a dresser would be stable.

Researchers are suggesting that flawed construction -- not storm surges -- likely caused key floodwalls around New Orleans to fail. They say the waters of Lake Pontchartrain never got high enough to rise above the walls and erode their foundations, the early explanation for the levee collapses.

President Trump is set to meet with House Republicans Tuesday. The meeting comes a day after administration officials briefed top lawmakers on the weekend operation in Venezuela.