Mardi Gras paradegoers can expect an earlier start and a new order for next year's Thursday-before-Mardi Gras festivities. On Wednesday, the City Council Governmental Committee approved a plan for ...

The Thursday night before Mardi Gras is one of the most popular evenings of the Carnival season, with crowds of spectators lined up along the Uptown route to cheer the passing of the Babylon, Chaos ...

The Emmy nominee and Artois Award winner also worked on two ‘Die Hard’ films, two ‘Predator’ movies and four ‘Hunger Games’ features. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Burch died Sunday at her home in ...

One can last days or weeks. The other packs all the fun in a single day. People having a good time pack the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana during Carnival a few days before Mardi Gras in 2010.

It’s never too early to start planning for the Mardi Gras season. Here are nearly 60 parades taking place across Southern Alabama between Jan. 30 and Fat Tuesday, Feb. 17.

DART officers arrived at the Pearl/Arts District DART station at about 6:45 p.m. Tuesday for a shooting call. Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer The man accused of boarding a DART train Sunday night ...

A California county has issued an order that face masks must now be worn inside certain healthcare facilities due to the "risk of COVID, flu and other respiratory virus-related illnesses" over fall ...

Amtrak’s new Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans and Mobile is off to a strong start, with trains selling out for major events and prompting the addition of more seats to meet rising demand. Since ...

While the two new Covid variants don't appear to cause more severe illness, changes to their genetic material can make them more infectious MAJOR hospitals are making face masks compulsory again, in ...

10:01, Wed, Oct 8, 2025 Updated: 10:58, Wed, Oct 8, 2025 An alarming growing number of Covid-19 NHS cases has led two UK hospitals to reintroduce compulsory face masks in some areas. The Shrewsbury ...

As the son of legendary Wild Magnolias Big Chief Bo Dollis, Gerard “Bo Jr.” Dollis grew up steeped in Mardi Gras Indian culture. Following his father’s death in 2015, he assumed leadership of both the ...

The Mardi Gras is currently undergoing its first scheduled drydock at the Chantier Naval de Marseille in France. The LNG-powered ship arrived at the European shipyard in late September, following a ...