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San Francisco's new mayor, Daniel Lurie, has never held public office before. What does his win indicate about how voters are feeling about homelessness and other big issues the city is facing?

NPR's Juana Summers talks with journalist Mark Dent, who wrote a story called "Is Domino's Pizza Inflation Proof?"

NPR looks at grocery inflation and politics in Pittsburgh, a focus of both major presidential campaigns in their quest to woo voters in must-win Pennsylvania.

Scientists have placed two seismometers 8000 feet below the ice cap at the South Pole to measure earthquakes and support tsunami alerts.

Gold -- like oil -- is crucial for Venezuela's government. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with CNN journalist Isa Soares, who won an Emmy for her coverage of the gold trade in the country.

One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. The goal: to understand how brains control the behavior of an animal or human.

The Winter Olympics promise plenty of high adrenaline, fierce competition, historic firsts and emotional moments over 2 1/2 weeks. Here are some of the names and narratives to keep an eye on.

When the Intelligence Identities Protection Act was written, its authors were hardly picturing its use to prosecute top officials in the White House. But the current grand jury has been considering that possibility in the case of CIA operative Valerie Plame. To understand how this came about, a look back to the events of 2002, when the administration was building its case for invading Iraq.

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki calls for an Iraqi committee to meet with the U.S. military to establish ground rules for raids on Iraqi homes. He said Iraq "totally rejects" conduct such as the reported killing of 24 Iraqi civilians by U.S. Marines last fall in Haditha.

A man climbed to the top of Philadelphia's City Hall, about 500 feet up. City officials only found out after he posted a video on YouTube.