wearing costumes and walking in plain sight, he said. One notable mission involved impersonating a 40,000-man force about 10 miles from where the US pushed across the Rhine and into Germany.

Bank-robber chic isn’t in itself illegal; the five men, aged 20-22, were going to a Fasching event in the city center “and the balaclavas were part of their costume,” Kaiserslautern police ...

hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers took over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off their colorful costumes. In many places ...

Hundreds of thousands of carnival revelers have taken over the streets of the Rhineland in western Germany, dancing, singing, drinking and showing off their colorful costumes.