The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is drawing to a close this weekend after 146 years of performances and travel that at times have been marred by tragedy and celebrated in film ...

A lightning bolt struck the main tent pole, instantaneously killing two, gravely injuring another and knocking unconscious at ...

Sons of poor immigrants in the Midwest, the Ringling Brothers expanded within a decade from a small regional circus to a large traveling circus across the country, and ultimately bought Barnum and ...

The legendary circus is completing its three-year tour in Baltimore later this weekend. Before that, however, they made a ...

Performers from the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, ahead of their Baltimore shows later this week, go to the ...