COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — At 11:11 a.m. on Thursday, hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing ...

A woman attending the German carnival has caused controversy by appearing ... and regulates groups engaging in activities like Morris dancing, banned the use of blackface make-up among its members.

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers have taken over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing ... are called in German — threw confetti, toasted ...

Authorities were on high alert as Monday is the high point of traditional German carnival celebrations before the beginning of Lent. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser had said earlier that ...