A throwback five-ring circus complete with human cannonball, acrobats, aerial performers and the "Wheel of Death" is headed to Delaware. That's right. The circus is coming to town, just like the old ...

For the first time since the Ringling Bros. brought their circus to Baraboo in the late 1800s, elephants won't be returning to the city as Circus World prepares to open their summer performance season ...

The circus is full of compelling acts, dangerous stunts and entertaining performers. One performer who is part of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey is Skyler Miser, who stars as the Ringling Rocket.

Who hasn’t heard the story about the little boy who ran off and joined the circus? Well, it seems the cliche is really true, with a twist. Dale Thomsen wasn’t born into the circus as so many ...

Then again, the proud history of human cannonballs includes a lot of pain. Circus reference works quote A.H. Coxe, a late British historian, as documenting 30 deaths in the profession. At the Florida ...

GREENSBORO — Gemma Kirby isn’t what you envision when you hear the words “human cannonball.” “People are usually taken aback when they discover it’s me,” the 25-year-old petite brunette, who goes by ...