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It was a tremendous year for upbeat music that reflected on aging and ennui in wise, wonderful ways.

Also: Vice President Mike Pence says the U.S. is ready to impose tough new North Korea sanctions; Germany may be closer to forming a coalition government; and Olympic workers fall ill with norovirus.

Also: A sharp earthquake jolts Montana; protesters gather in Hamburg, Germany, ahead of the G20 summit; and replicas of two of Christopher Columbus' ships are sailing up a New York river.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving says both of this year's political conventions could be summed up in two words: national security. But the Republicans continued to own the issue.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer met with the White House’s coronavirus coordinator today (WED.) The two discussed recent changes to testing made by the Centers…

Live on YouTube, Bob Boilen and Rita Houston will watch their favorites entries to the 2020 Contest and discuss what made them stand out from the thousands we saw this year.

New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines and Managing Editor Gerald Boyd step down in the wake of an ethics scandal involving former reporter Jayson Blair. Raines faces intense criticism for his handling of the Blair case. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

In Iran's presidential election, former president Hashemi Rafsanjani and Tehran Mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are set to contest a run-off election Friday. But one of the losing candidates has charged that the vote was rigged, prompting authorities to order a partial recount.

As part of Fresh Air's annual 10 Best edition, film critic David Edelstein offers his take on the year's crop of movies. And as part of his conversation with Terry Gross, Edelstein discusses movies opening this holiday season.

As the Jan. 6 hearings have played out, there has been only some, if any, movement in people's views of what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, but independents' views have changed since a December poll.