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Pearl Street Technologies’ software is helping shrink the backlog of solar, wind and other new power projects waiting to get connected to the electric grid.

How two Iowa professors pioneered and commercialized a tumor-imaging and tumor-killing treatment that sends two forms of radioactive lead into the body.

Jord Biosciences’ large library of soil microbes helps protect, stimulate and feed plants.

Cale Johnston’s companies make it fast and easy to move accounts without disrupting direct deposits and recurring payments.

Nina Jenkins’ insect-killing fungal spores eliminate the need to fumigate, clean out cabinets and drawers.

After a few moments of review, the top life events people reported in 2013 can read like a 10-sentence short story — perhaps a fable, or a coming-of-age tale. In the U.S., hot topics included the Super Bowl, Pope Francis, and the Harlem Shake.

As a region, the Americas fare quite well in Gallup's new global index of personal well-being, but the U.S. fell from No. 12 to No. 23 worldwide.

Earlier this week, the NCAA and ACC decided to pull their conferences out of North Carolina, citing the controversial bathroom bill as the reason for their decision. North Carolina State Sen. Tamara Barringer is a Republican who voted for the bill in March, but has since called on lawmakers to repeal the bill. She is one of two Republican senators in the state to do so. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Barringer about why she made that decision.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with actress Eva Reign, who stars in Billy Poter's directorial debut, Anything's Possible, about what the film meant for her.

The Red Sox are one win away from their ninth World Series title after defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-6 on their home turf Saturday night.