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The grounds of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Ill., are shown in May, 1893. The first ferris wheel, which carries 1,400 persons 250 feet into the air, is one of the biggest attractions. The exposition opened on May 1. (AP Photo)

The technology that emerged from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

Hikers can walk to the bottom of Meteor Crater in Northern Arizona. Guide Tyler Johnson speaks to a group at the top of the mile-wide hole that was formed 50,000 years ago when a meteorite struck the earth. (Peter O’Dowd/Here & Now)

Hike down ‘Astronaut Trail’ into 50,000-year-old Meteor Crater

Meteor Crater is one of the best-preserved impact craters on the planet. For years, visitors have wanted access to the bottom. Now for the first time ever, the narrow trail that leads to the bottom of Meteor Crater is open for guided tours.

New York Mets Bobby Bonilla busts out of his hitting slump with this swing, to give him a grand slam against the San Francisco Giants in the second inning, June 1, 1992 at New York's Shea Stadium. (Osamu Honda/AP)

Baseball player Bobby Bonilla retired in 2001. Why is he still getting more than $1M per year from the Mets?

Bonilla gets more money than some of baseball’s current stars will make in a year.

One family is running together to celebrate America's 250th birthday

A civics-minded family in Atlanta celebrates America's big birthday by running together.

Trump wants 3 new nuclear reactors built by July 4. Can U.S. companies do it?

An ambitious program to start up new nuclear reactors is bearing fruit.

How is the Trump family making all its money?

President Trump's mandatory financial disclosure report shows that the Trump family pulled in at least $2.2 billion last year.

Recapping the Supreme Court's busy term full of major decisions

The Supreme Court just ended a term with a flurry of big rulings.

George Washington's candle stand in its current display in the American Aspirations exhibition, which runs through July 26. (Courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History/Norwood Photography)

The object that illuminated Washington's Farewell Address

George Washington wrote his Farewell Address by candlelight in 1796.

Pulitzer-winning journalist M. Gessen warns of rising authoritarianism in America

M. Gessen's columns for the New York Times about the rise of authoritarianism won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.

People are learning to coexist with black bears as their population grows and habitat shrinks

Black bear encounters are on the rise in Tennessee.

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