David Rising, Author at Valley News

A candle is placed on a tombstone in a field of graves belonging to WWI soldiers in the main cemetery in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on French soil, and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be in London’s Westminster Abbey for a ceremony with the queen. But in Germany, there are no national commemorations planned for the centenary of the Nov. 11 armistice that brought an end to the bloody conflict that killed more than 2 million of its troops and left 4 million wounded. That’s because the armistice did not bring peace to Germany. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

WWI Centenary to Be Marked in London and Paris, Not Berlin

by David Rising Associated PressNovember 5, 2018

Berlin — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I on French soil, and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will be in London at a ceremony in Westminster Abby with Queen Elizabeth II.But while the…

German Christian Democratic Party, CDU, chairwoman and Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves leave after a news conference after a party's leaders meeting at the headquarters the in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 29, 2018. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

Merkel Won’t Seek Fifth Term as German Leader

by Geir Moulson Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressOctober 30, 2018

In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017 photo, actor Richard Armitage talks to the AP during an interview at the set for an episode of Epix's "Berlin Station" TV series in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

‘Berlin Station’ Grants a Leading Role to the City of Its Title

by David Rising Associated PressOctober 12, 2017

Green Party's gay rights activist Volker Beck, front right, and fellow faction members celebrate with a confetti popper after German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, voted to legalize same-sex marriage in Berlin, Germany, Friday, June 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

Germany OKs Gay Marriage

by David Rising Associated PressJuly 1, 2017

People mourn in front of the Olympia shopping center where a shooting took place leaving nine people dead two days ago in Munich, Germany, Sunday, July 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Munich Attack Was Planned for a Year

by George Jahn Associated Press, and David Rising Associated PressJuly 24, 2016

Heavily armed police forces operate at Karlsplatz (Stachus) square after a shooting in the Olympia shopping centre was reported in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, July 22, 2016. (Andreas Gebert/dpa via AP)

At Least 9 Dead In German Mall Rampage

by George Jahn The Associated Press, Frank Jordans The Associated Press, and David Rising The Associated PressJuly 22, 2016