As a Brit who has spent a couple of months traveling around the U.S. on assignments, I thought I was prepared for the State Fair of Texas. Britain is a nation of fairs, from the Chelsea Flower Show to ...

Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall cowboy, is being spruced up, and the deep fryers are being rolled onto the grounds of Fair Park in Dallas. That means it's almost time for the State Fair of Texas. The 24-day ...

Big Tex is up and ready to welcome people into the State Fair of Texas. But the last day before opening day is a busy one. “Today there is so much hustle and bustle around the fairgrounds, just ...

Joey Chestnut, winner of the 2021 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest, poses for photos in Coney Island's Maimonides Park, July 4, 2021, in the Brooklyn borough of New ...