Three years ago this past August, a photo of a sinister-looking clown holding black and white balloons popped up in Green Bay, Wis. A promotional picture of “Gags” started a firestorm of clown fear ...

At Penn State University in State College, Pennsylvania, between 500 and 1,000 students gathered on the lawn in front of Old Main, the university’s stately administrative building, one night in early ...

LAGRANGE, Ga. — Don’t be fooled by the curly wig, the wide smile or the oversized shoes. Clowns are on the loose in at least one Georgia city. And authorities say they are spreading fear, not cheer.

This week, dozens of clowns descended on Orlando, Florida for the 40th annual World Clown Association convention. But these aren't your scary clowns, the ones you might know from scary movies like "It ...

As the saying goes, there are a few certainties in life: death, taxes, and being stabbed repeatedly by a clown. The first two have no solution, but humorist Chuck Sambuchino provides sage advice on ...

Boswick Turnstyle Jr. the clown stands in front of roughly 100 curious and wiggly first- and second-graders in the gymnasium at Ulloa Elementary School in San Francisco's Sunset district, and asks, ...