All but one of a group of circus acrobats injured during a hair-hanging performance in Providence last month have retained the services of Chicago-based Clifford Law Offices, according to a new report ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats severely injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a circus performance in Rhode Island in 2014 have reached a $52.5 ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A support frame collapsed during an aerial hair-hanging stunt at a circus performance Sunday, sending eight acrobats plummeting to the ground. Nine performers were seriously ...

“There are safety standards and safety features that were supposed to be in place for every event,” a lawyer for the acrobats said. By Azi Paybarah When eight acrobats suspended high above the ground ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Eight acrobats ...

FILE - In this June 17, 2014, file photo, Circus acrobat Julissa Segrera, second from right, of the United States, and Dayana Costa, right, of Brazil, are tearful as Costa reads a statement at ...