Nation Mar 17 News Wrap: House votes to suspend normal trade relations with Russia, Belarus By PBS NewsHour
Nation Aug 26 South Dakota AG gets fines, no jail time in pedestrian death Circuit Judge John Brown also ordered Ravnsborg to pay assorted court costs after the Republican entered no-contest pleas Thursday in the crash that killed Joseph Boever last September. By Stephen Groves, Associated Press
Politics Jul 27 Former U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died. He was 77. By Associated Press
Nation Jun 17 Watch 6:04 Why U.S. pedestrian deaths are at their highest level in almost 30 years U.S. pedestrian deaths are at their highest level since 1990. Possible explanations include wider roads, sprawling cities, heavier traffic in residential areas due to navigation apps and increasing distractions from digital devices. And according to victims’ families and safety advocates,… By Arren Kimbel-Sannit, Cronkite School of Journalism
Nation Mar 30 Pedestrian deaths spiked in 2016. Distraction is partly to blame, early data shows Pedestrian deaths are climbing faster than motorist fatalities, reaching nearly 6,000 deaths last year — the highest total in more than two decades, according to an analysis of preliminary state data released Thursday. By Joan Lowy, Associated Press
Mar 08 Early data suggests pedestrian deaths surged in 2015 By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Pedestrian deaths surged by an estimated 10 percent last year as the economy improved, the price of gas plunged and motorists put more miles behind the wheel than ever before, according to an analysis of preliminary state traffic… Continue reading