Though the first modern circus was born in 1770s England, the tented attractions didn’t become an American tradition until around the mid-to-late-1800s. The traveling circus graced wide swaths of the ...

Peru, Indiana, is known as the "Circus Capital of the World" and has a circus history that dates back over 100 years. In the summer, the town hosts a nine-day circus festival starring local performers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peru, Indiana, is known as the "Circus Capital of the World" and has a circus history that dates back over 100 years. In the ...

An escaped lion has sent an Italian town into a state of panic, with residents warned to stay indoors. The huge adult male lion, reportedly named Kimba, escaped from the Rony Roller circus on Saturday ...

Get ready for a thrilling week of theatrical performances in New Orleans, from the Carnival spirit in "And the Ball and All" ...

An escaped circus lion terrorized an Italian town for hours before finally being sedated and captured. State and local police officers, in addition to the Carabinieri, descended on the town of ...

WTFN Group’s Radar MCN has teamed up with Spiegelworld for Circus Town, a weekly long-form digital series that follows as a small California town is turned into a home for circus performers.

At the debut of Madrid’s permanent circus last weekend, there were, of course, plenty of children. Four-year-olds in precious dresses pointed excitedly at the dancing horses; six-year-olds insistently ...

INDIANAPOLIS – The circus is in town. Or at least, it will be when the Indiana State Fair starts in August. The fair will feature the Big Top Circus presented by Bee Window in the new Big Top Zone.

SAN FRANCISCO, Mexico (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With their gravity-defying trampoline flips, graceful acrobatics, juggling and tightrope walking, the children in San Francisco’s circus school are ...