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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Alissa Walker, urbanism editor of Curbed, about the 80 percent rise in pedestrian deaths in Los Angeles since the mayor launched his initiative to eliminate traffic fatalities two years ago. This comes as pedestrian deaths nationwide are at a 33-year high.

President Vladimir Putin made his annual speech to the nation Thursday, just three weeks before Russia's presidential election. He promised to cut poverty and develop the economy, but Putin also focused on his efforts to make Russia a major player on the world stage.

A month after announcing he was diagnosed with cancer, comedian Barry Crimmins has died. A mainstay of Boston's comedy scene, Crimmins was one of its early champions who founded two clubs in the '80s where new talent could try their acts.

An Israeli soldier is killed, and his parents attempts to uncover what happened, in filmmaker Samuel Maoz's searing study in loss — and its aftermath.

The U.S. tested similar concepts in the 1960s but abandoned them over concerns of radioactive contamination. Russia's claim seems so fantastic that some analysts didn't believe initial reports.

Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks with NPR's Alison Kodjak about how that type of insurance works.

"Cinema, deep inside — in its very nature — is something awesome," Herzog says. "The awe at what we are seeing."

Steve Inskeep talks to Wendy Cutler, a former deputy U.S. trade representative under the Obama administration, about tariffs he proposed on imported aluminum and steel.

President Trump has left his Republican allies confused about his intentions on guns, concerned about his moves on trade and curious about the state of his White House staff.

Kenny Bachman, who had been drinking, slept for much of his ride from West Virginia to New Jersey. At first he blamed the driver and challenged the charge. But he paid and gave the driver five stars.