One of the most fearless circus performers was born and raised in North Dakota. Vernon Liedtke was billed as the "Sensational Orton," and his aerial death-defying acts caused those in the audience to ...

"Hair hanging" is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through generations of ...

Big, tight-knit families tend to get together for special moments – a wedding, Thanksgiving, summer barbecues or, in a more somber vein, funerals. And then there is the Torres family. When they get ...

› What: Alhambra Shrine Circus.› When: 7 p.m. today, Oct. 6; 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7; noon, 4 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 8; 1 and 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 ...

The hustle and bustle of the holidays can make the season feel like a three-ring circus, even for people who don’t identify with any particular religious tradition. San Francisco’s Bow & Arrow Circus ...

You throw enough people into a double backflip off a 20-foot-high pedestal — to someone else on another pedestal who catches the flyer by the arms — and it just starts to feel normal. Then you take a ...

Blackpool Tower Circus was evacuated today after a horror bike incident unfolded in front of crowds. It is understood that a motorcyclist sustained injuries during the 'Globe of Death act', a dramatic ...

NEW YORK (AP) — “Hair hanging” is an incredibly painful, highly specialized aerial performance in the circus world, confined to certain families who pass their secrets about the tradition down through ...