NEW YORK (AP) -- Send in the frowns. This year's nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their bookings at parties and other events ...

The clown hysteria that’s sweeping the nation reached the Quad-Cities this week, and those who sport the red nose, makeup and all to earn a living, don’t care much for the hoax. Craig Bruckman, a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - British police have issued warnings after a spate of creepy clown sightings across the country, mimicking a prank that began in the United States and has spread across the world.

Despite what the long-forgotten 1960s pop song said, not everybody loves a clown (Gary Lewis & the Playboys, "Everybody Loves a Clown"). The peculiar clown craze sweeping the nation-even in the ...

Across the nation, and in the La Crosse area, people have been calling police to report being menaced by people in clown costumes. An expert in the field of group psychology at Washington State ...

The idea of the "bad clown" has taken hold among popular culture and may stem from cultural fears, possibly that someone could be roaming society with their true identity hidden. The first supposed ...

Social media has helped fan the fire of America's clown hysteria, experts say. — -- A creepy clown craze has taken America by storm in recent months, but it’s not the first time a wave of clown ...

Comedian Emmanuel Ogonna Iwueke, aka Craze Clown or Papa Ade has stirred reactions with his assertion about a mother who has failed in her duties. The content creator posited a mother has failed in ...

Potentially threatening online messages from people dressed as clowns led to intense police monitoring of social media accounts, recently released hacked police files reveal. The threats, which came ...

Eds: Links video. With AP Photos. AP Video. NEW YORK — Send in the frowns. This year’s nationwide creepy clown craze has become a nightmare before Halloween for actual, working clowns, who say their ...