German police say a man intentionally drove a car into a crowd of people watching a Carnival procession in a small central town, injuring around 30 including children

Biting commentary on racism in Germany is featuring prominently among Carnival floats in western cities, hastily put together in the aftermath of a deadly far-right attack last week near Frankfurt

The victims of a racist shooting rampage in Germany are being mourned by family and friends

A suspected far-right extremist has killed at least nine people in separate attacks on two hookah bars in western Germany before killing his mother and himself. Prosecutors say they are treating the case as domestic terrorism.

Authorities say a 43-year-old German who posted a rant calling for the “complete extermination” of various races and cultures shot and killed nine people, most of them Turkish, in an attack on a hookah bar and other sites in suburban Frankfurt

In the German town of Hanau, a longtime immigrant destination with decades of coexistence between people of different origins, residents fear their community was targeted after a gunman shot and killed nine people of foreign background.

Federal prosecutors said Thursday they are taking charge of the investigating into a mass shooting in the German city of Hanau that left 11 people dead, including the suspect, amid reports that he may have had a far-right motive.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s heir apparent has shaken up German politics by announcing she is stepping down as the governing party’s leader and won’t run for chancellor next year

Survivors of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp prayed and wept as they marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp by the Soviet army

Shortly before they were rounded up by Nazi troops in Belgium and deported to Auschwitz in 1942, the parents of three-year-old Maurice Gluck placed their only child in the care of a local Christian family. Gluck forgot his Yiddish mother tongue and that he even had parents of his own.

Six people were killed and several were injured during a shooting in Southwestern Germany on Friday. 

Police say six people were killed and another two wounded in a shooting in the southwestern German town of Rot am See that appears to have resulted from a family dispute

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says countries with interests in Libya’s long-running conflict have agreed that they should respect a much-violated arms embargo, which should be better controlled than it has been to date. The participants at Sunday’s summit in Berlin agreed to provide no further military support to the warring parties while a cease-fire lasts, Merkel said after about four...

Britain, France and Germany say they are triggering a dispute mechanism that is part of the nuclear deal with Iran over its failure to live up to terms of the pact.

Three women are under investigation in Germany for launching paper sky lanterns blamed for igniting a fire that destroyed an ape house at a zoo. More than 30 animals died in the blaze at Krefeld Zoo that began in the first minutes of the new year. Police say the three local women _ a mother and her two daughters, ages...

A raccon that appeared to be drunk was seen stumbling through a Christmas market in Germany. The raccoon could be seen walking around unfazed around peoples’ feet. The animal was later taken away by the fire department.

San Diego’s electronic dance music connoisseur DJ IDeaL raises the springtime heat with the best concert and party picks of the month.

At just 19 years old, British singer/songwriter Jade Bird is already playing with members of Jeff Buckley, St. Vincent and the B-52s. She plays Soda Bar on Saturday, Nov. 4, in support of her new EP, “Something American.”

After Jonathan Spangler’s San Diego-based guitar startup made its big debut in America’s Music City, Spangler is gearing up to manufacture and sell his first products this summer. His company, Ciari Guitars, creates professional-quality, foldable guitars designed to fit into the carry-on compartment of an airplane.

Protesters in cities across the world staged rallies Friday demanding leaders take tougher action against climate change, days before the latest global conference, which this year takes place in Madrid. The rallies kicked off in Australia, where people affected by recent devastating wildfires joined young environmentalists protesting against the government’s pro-coal stance. Janet Reynolds said she had come to the...