ST. PAUL, Minn. --The expression of "running away with the circus" is known to many, but for one St. Paul woman, it was a literal lifeline to escape a life of domestic abuse. She's now on a mission to ...

Inside a travelling aquatic circus in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek, whoops and cheers go up as a dolphin leaps out of a pool and slam-dunks a ball through a basketball net. Hundreds of people packed ...

After more than eight years of legal skirmishing, a trial is scheduled to open Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by animal welfare groups alleging Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus routinely abuses ...

Eugene Hütz Joins Effort to Help Pass Landmark Elephant-Protection Ordinance. Currently embarked on a dizzying 2-month international tour, Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello vocalist Eugene Hütz recently ...

Human circus performers go on willingly, but elephants have to be cruelly beaten and electrically prodded to go out and perform totally unnatural acts for a few minutes of entertainment. Animal abuse ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Why are wild animals still being used in circuses? The Ringling Brothers Circus no longer includes ...

A group of protesters plans to gather during the four-day run of the Shrine Circus. The protest is organized by the administrators of a Facebook page called “Be Their Voice — Protest Animal Cruelty.” ...