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On David Letterman, the Texas governor had some fun at his own expense. Excuse No. 10: ""There were three reasons why I messed up last night: 1) The nerves 2) The headache and 3) Um...Uh...Oops."

As Democrats try to pass voting rights legislation through Congress, some members of the party have expressed an openness to one GOP-backed policy they have long opposed: voter ID requirements.

President Obama will deliver his sixth State of the Union address to Congress and the nation on Tuesday night. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with senior Washington editor Ron Elving about what to expect.

No boarding pass or ID was needed to go to the gate, and 4-inch-blade knives were allowed aboard planes. Now we take off shoes, can't have liquids over 3.4 oz and go through high-tech body scanners.

Character actor John Hawkes tells Melissa Block that he never wanted to be a household name, and he's often just as happy to let people pass in the street not recognizing him as anything other than vaguely familiar.

There was a lot that happened in politics this year, from the consequential midterm elections to the Supreme Court's historic abortion ruling and record migration at the southern border.

George Balanchine's modernist masterpiece was the first full-length, nonnarrative ballet. Russian, American and French ballet dancers have gathered to perform it together in New York City.

Brothers Ross and Matt Duffer return to the fictional town of Hawkins, Ind., for the second season of their Neflix series. "We wanted to scale it up a little bit," Matt says of Stranger Things 2.

Each year The New York Times highlights top children's books. But this year, not one book is by a Latino author. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with blogger Monica Olivera, and Latinas for Latino Lit co-founder, Viviana Hurtado, about books they feel were overlooked this year.

Jim Jarmusch's quietly humorous relationship triptych won the top prize on Saturday. The film about the relationships between siblings, and with their parents, stars Adam Driver, Vicky Krieps and Cate Blanchett.