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Pedestrians cross the street as traffic moves along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan on Jan. 25.

Pedestrian Fatalities Remain At 25-Year High For Second Year In A Row

In 2015 and 2016, the number of pedestrians killed in the U.S. increased significantly. In 2017, the number held steady at nearly 6,000 estimated fatalities, according to a new report.

JENNA COLEMAN as Victoria and TOM HUGHES as Albert.

MASTERPIECE: Victoria: Season 2

Airs Sundays, Dec. 16 & 23, 2018 at 9 p.m., Dec. 30 at 9 p.m. & 10 p.m., Jan. 6, 2019 at 8 p.m. & 9 p.m. & Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

A customer buys marijuana at Harborside dispensary in Oakland, Calif., on Monday.

What's New In 2018? Here's A Brief Tour Of State Laws Now In Effect

The new year brought more than just new resolutions. It also brought hundreds of new state laws Monday. Here are a few notables — from marijuana legalization to house calls from hair cutters.

President Trump celebrates after his speech during the presidential inauguration on Capitol Hill.

Comey, Spicey, Fake News And Biden: The Most Popular Politics Stories Of 2017

These are the politics stories that drew in the most readers this year. And the top story is not about President Trump.

This photo illustration shows Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Félix, who is on a blacklist of U.S. enemies kept by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control. He was killed in 2002 but remains on the list along with his imprisoned brothers who ran the Tijuana drug cartel.

Lawsuits Say Credit-Check Companies Misidentify Thousands As Enemies Of The US

Credit-check companies misidentify thousands as terrorists and cartel kingpins. One man’s name came back as the name of a boat.

My Great-Grandfather Narrowly Escaped A Lynch Mob — He Was 11 Years Old

The horror of lynchings has always been a part of my ancestral memory. But knowing the real story of my own family's brush with lynching? It made it real.

Shown from left to right: Jack Farthing as George Warleggan, Heida Reed as Elizabeth, Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark, Eleanor Tomlinson as Demelza, Luke Norris as Dr. Dwight Enys and Gabriella Wilde as Caroline Penvenan.

POLDARK Season 3 On MASTERPIECE

Airs Sundays, Oct. 1 - Nov. 19, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Friendship Bread is the chain letter of baking: A simple starter that you divvy up, keeping some for yourself and sharing the rest with others. It's an old tradition that connect neighbors through the act of sharing food. NPR would like to see you revive it in your community. Share your stories on social media — use #NPRFriendshipBread — and we might feature your experience in a follow-up story.

The Friendship Bread Project: Can Baking Promote Unity In A Divided World?

It's the chain letter of baking: a simple starter that you divvy up, keeping some for yourself and sharing the rest with others. It's an old tradition we'd like to see you revive in your community.

People walk from Venezuela to Colombia through an unauthorized border crossing in Villa del Rosario, Colombia. Some 3.4 million Venezuelans are seeking refuge abroad, with more than 1 million of them in neighboring Colombia, according to the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR. Many people are leaving Venezuela by foot.

Chronicles Of A Venezuelan Exodus: More Families Flee The Crisis On Foot Every Day

An All Things Considered team recently traveled along a common Colombian route taken by Venezuelans fleeing crisis in their country and discovered dramatic stories of an expanding exodus.

Hillary Clinton speaks in New York in June. President Trump and his supporters claim that in exchange for millions of dollars in donations to The Clinton Foundation, Clinton supported the 2010 sale of a mining company that gave Russia control of U.S. uranium supplies. The story has again resurfaced, though fact checks do not support the claims.

The Alternative 'Russia Scandal'

President Trump and his supporters are again claiming that Hillary Clinton helped Russia gain control of the U.S. uranium supply and endangered U.S. security. The facts don't support this.

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