BERLIN — German police say a teenager’s attempt to frighten a group of young people by wearing a clown mask and brandishing a hammer on a Berlin street turned out very badly. Berlin police said ...

The creepy clown epidemic has officially turned violent but not in the way you might think. A 16-year-old in Berlin hoping to scare a group of his friends by putting on a clown mask and approaching ...

A prankster’s joke lands him at the end of a gun barrel. Now, he’s ditched his clown act in an effort to stay safe.

BIDDEFORD, Maine — A one-armed Maine man accused of startling neighbors by going for a stroll wearing a clown mask and brandishing a machete says it was supposed to be a prank. Thirty-one-year-old ...