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Vulnicura VR Remastered revisits a project the Icelandic pop artist debuted a decade ago, now reimagined with advanced technology.

The long-delayed project is a jobs generator to some and an ecological disaster to others. Ahead of a key Senate vote, we revisit what the Keystone XL pipeline would do and why it's so contentious.

China doles out much cash for infrastructure. It must be repaid. Is that frustrating for recipients? A new survey has a surprising answer. But skeptics wonder: How honest were the participants?

You don't have to have big bucks to join the latest trend in philanthropy. Soup groups around the country let diners pool their money to support deserving local initiatives. In Philadelphia, one dinner raised $225 for a teacher's class project.

In his new book, Pablo Yanguas argues that fudged numbers, shallow aid projects and politics have created a dysfunctional aid system.

"Shipping dirtier crude oil into our country would not increase America's energy security," the president said in a statement delivered at the White House.

'Sleepwalkers' is a new film that projects moving images onto the outdoor walls of New York's Museum of Modern Art. The interweaving narratives follow the lives of five characters as they awaken and make their way to work.

A survey by a group called The Catalogue for Philanthropy finds the poorest American states score the highest on their "generosity index" for 2004 -- an annual scorecard ranking states by how much their residents give to charities in proportion to how much they have. Hear NPR's Jennifer Ludden and George McCully, a trustee of the Ellis L. Phillips Foundation and project coordinator for The Catalogue for Philanthropy.

The United States is canceling or suspending more than $400 million in projects in the Palestinian territories and shifting some of that money to help meet basic humanitarian needs. The change was made after Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, assumed the Palestinian leadership.

The Supreme Court ruled this past week that local governments can seize private property for use in public projects. The decision paves the way for the city of New London, Conn., to proceed with an economic development plan. The ruling also means that seven families living in New London's working-class neighborhood of Fort Trumbull now face being forced from their homes. But the homeowners say the struggle is not over. Diane Orson of member station WNPR reports.