The Associated Press / Visitors lift glasses of beer during the opening of the 186th ‘Oktoberfest’ beer festival in Munich, Germany, on Saturday. BERLIN — The first keg was tapped, and the beer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People wait at an entrance to the Oktoberfest, which will remain closed until at least 5 p.m. due to an explosive threat linked to ...

Munich's Oktoberfest was temporarily closed on Wednesday, Oct. 1, over a bomb threat in a letter written by a suspect accused of starting a deadly house fire, police said. A 57-year-old German man, ...

Most Americans could probably list a few facts about Oktoberfest. First, it comes from Germany. Second, it involves a lot of beer and large drinking halls. Third, there's lederhosen involved. Fourth, ...

With its rollicking scenes of men in lederhosen and women in dirndls downing pitcher-size steins of beer, Oktoberfest is how much of the world pictures Germany. In Munich, where Oktoberfest has been ...