Artist gatherings, maker consortiums, unique road trips, and so much more define this evolving multi-state art fair that ...

1933: Twenty-four seaplanes, led by Italian Gen. Italo Balbo, landed on Lake Michigan near Chicago’s Navy Pier for the Century of Progress exposition.

Navy Pier, of course, is a lot more than 30 years old. It first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916 — 109 years ago. But before ...

Though the art and architecture of the fair were mostly destroyed, as was intended, its curious cultural legacy was not.

Tessa Janecke scored the winner as the United States prevailed in overtime over defending champion Canada 4-3 to win the women’s ice hockey world championship.

Anthropology in a changing America : interpreting the Chicago "triumph" of Frank Hamilton Cushing / David R. Wilcox -- A visual interlude : popular images of anthropology and its subjects at the fair ...

“249 Years of Freedom, Courage, and Democracy!” — On July 4, the United States marks its Independence Day, celebrating nearly ...

The United States Deaf Hockey team is getting the opportunity to represent their country on the world stage. They are competing in the 4th annual World Deaf Ice Hockey Championships in Vancouver.

Chicago has long struggled with illegal firearms, many of which are trafficked from states with weaker gun laws.

The United States will host the 2025 Pacific Nations Cup Finals as World Rugby seeks to drive audience and demand for the sport ahead of the men’s World Cup heading to the U.S. in 2031 and the ...

For the first time, the pope is from the United States. The world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics have a new spiritual leader, the 267th pontiff to lead the nearly 2,000-year-old church. Robert ...

The United States turned out a Donald Trump, but it also made a Robert Francis Prevost The pope represents ethical authority, and the U.S. government only respects one value: whatever Trump wants.