Former Sentinel reporter Gerald Shields shares his memories about an Orlando-bound train for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus that detailed in 1994, killing two people.

Doha, Qatar: The third edition of the “Beyond Reality” International Circus kicked off yesterday at Souq Al Wakra, organised by the Celebrations Organising Committee of the Private Engineering Office, ...

Copo, Diana, Suzy, Tomasa, Lana, Riso and Charlotte dance and prance inside the big tent. Credit... Supported by By Alexis Soloski Visuals by Amy Lombard Juan Quiroz believes that nearly any dog can ...

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the horrific Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus train wreck, one of the deadliest in U.S. history. On June 22, 1918, outside of Hammond, Ind., a Michigan Central ...

NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A freight train hit a pedestrian in the west suburbs on Monday night, Metra said. Metra said the collision happened near Naperville. What led up to the crash was not ...

Two lavish rail cars will roll out in 2026, offering exclusive journeys from L.A. to San Francisco and San Francisco to Denver. Evie Carrick is a writer and editor who’s lived in five countries and ...

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railroad's holiday train, a locomotive and cars adorned with thousands of lights, will once again pass through Michigan tonight, Nov. 22, providing opportunities for those ...

In 1897, lightning struck the Ringling Brothers circus in Wahpeton, killing three circus workers; a granite monument at Riverview Cemetery honors their memory. A monument at the Riverside Cemetery ...

Alexander Calder, Calder's Circus, detail of ringmaster (1926–31); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (© 2025 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York, photograph Ron ...

In 1925, Alexander Calder joined the circus—in a sense. As an illustrator for the National Police Gazette, he was dispatched to cover the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at New York’s ...

It's fitting that P.T. Barnum said, “The noblest art is that of making others happy," since Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circuses have spread joy around the world for more than 150 years. Next ...