A shocked crowd watched eight acrobats fall to the ground in a circus accident in Providence Sunday. Nine performers were seriously injured, officials said.

Eight acrobats were injured when the rigging suspending them by their hair plummeted to the floor during a performance in Rhode Island.

Four of the acrobats seriously injured in a hair-hanging stunt gone awry are planning a lawsuit and are coming to terms with the idea their lives might never be the same, they said Tuesday from ...

One of the eight circus acrobats who plunged to the ground during a hair-hanging act says she is not sure if she or any of the other acrobats will ever perform the act again.