(Photo illustration by Diana Ramirez/De Los; photographs by Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times, Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times, Sarahi Apaez/For De Los) On a recent Saturday a little past noon, Jennifer ...

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 ...

A collection of clown faces painted on hard boiled eggs at the Clown Library (photo by Ray Roberts/BIPS/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Just as a magician never reveals their secrets, it has long been a ...

Clowns pique our imaginations and memories. They also reflect the panoply of human emotions, from despair to pathos, to delight, to jubilation. Indeed, clown portraits pervade art history, going back ...

What does it take to be *** clown? These folks are finding out 61 clowns from Nebraska and Iowa converged in Omaha this weekend to brush up on their clown skills. This is the time of year when clowns ...

It’s 2pm on a gloomy Tuesday and I’m on my way to a clown’s basement to view a collection of painted eggs. No, this is not the opening to a horror movie - just journalism in the name of International ...