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Commentator Jim Infantino and his band, Jim's Big Ego, sang the national anthem at Fenway Park this year. It was a dream come true for Jim, who describes singing on the field with 30,000 people watching and listening. We'll hear the performance and learn how difficult it was to do.

Team America: World Police has it all: action, suspense, sex and satire -- all done with puppets. It's the latest film by the creators of the irreverent animated TV show South Park. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and New York Times critic Elvis Mitchell.

For many long months, fear has kept the Iraqi people indoors at night. While there's still danger, they are slowly starting to venture out in the evenings. NPR's Philip Reeves reports on nightlife at a Baghdad amusement park.

It was a record year for snow in many parts of the West -- and as summer approaches, that snowpack is melting fast. That's good news for whitewater rafters, but it can be deadly for casual swimmers. In California's Sierra Nevada, home to some of the fastest uncontrolled rivers in the West, national park rangers are training for a big water year.

The North American gray wolf, wiped out at Yellowstone National Park in the 1930s, is thriving once again after being reintroduced less than a decade ago. Now the government is moving to end federal protection for the wolf under the Endangered Species Act. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports. See photos of the wolves from Yellowstone.

In a modern twist to Jane Austen's classic novels, author Shannon Hale tells the coming-of-age story of a woman who grapples with her Jane Austen obsession at Pembrook Park, a British resort that caters to Austen-crazed women.

In this week's episode of the CivicLex Chat, we hear about a small but relatively successful program meant to help residents avoid eviction, an update on code enforcement, parking fees, and a primary meet-and-greet.

The evacuation was prompted after a plane tied to a planned flyover of nearby Nationals Park entered restricted airspace. The Capitol Police had not been given advance notice of the approved flight.

A shooting early Sunday morning in Sacramento killed at least six people. Gunshots rang out in the busy downtown area. At least 12 people were hospitalized with injuries.

A downtown patriotic concert, parade, and fireworks spectacular will be at the center of Lexington’s booming Fourth of July celebration. WUKY's Karyn Czar has details.