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Las Vegas is set to claim the title of city with the largest Ferris wheel, but not for long. New York City plans for a taller wheel, and rumors swirl that Dubai may top even that. Host Scott Simon talks to John Russick, director of Curatorial Affairs at the Chicago History Museum, about the first ever Ferris wheel, which debuted at the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.

The Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line and cowboy love story Brokeback Mountain won top awards at the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood Monday night. The television drama and comedy awards went, respectively, to Lost and Desperate Housewives.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: An advocacy group released a report Wednesday showing some North Texas school districts are…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:The city of Dallas is shutting down another homeless camp. City officials started closing the Third…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:Early voting for the Texas primaries kicked off a week ago, and voter turnout is up across the board.…

The top local stories this morning from KERA News:Texas Democrats wrapped up their state party convention in Fort Worth this weekend. In speech after…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News:Dallas-Fort Worth has had the largest population growth of any metro area in the country from 2016 to…

The top local stories this evening from KERA News: Governor Greg Abbott is launching a series of roundtable discussions focused on improving school…

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has several stops in the Dallas area Thursday.She'll visit…

Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently fired the city's police superintendent. Now, residents will get to have a say about who should lead the country's second-largest police department.