GREENSBORO, NC — There are no tigers and elephants; in fact, the only “animal” is an electric dog named Bailey. The clowns are still there, but hardly wear any makeup. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & ...

He made his first appearance in the ring at just a few months old and is now believed to be the youngest circus clown in the ...

PERU, Ind. — I grew up in a city that featured the Peru Amateur Circus. I played trumpet in the circus band, my younger sister was an aerialist. I knew the first human cannonball, W.W. Wilno, and went ...

I keep reading commentary calling the U.S. House of Representatives a "circus." This aspersion libels circuses; they are well organized, smoothly run organizations. A ringmaster controls three arenas ...