Investigators say the searches turned up evidence connected to a drive-by shooting on April 3 in the 1700 block of North ...

RIGHT NOW WHERE REX IS MEETING WITH ZULU AND IS ABOUT TO ISSUE THAT ROYAL PROCLAMATION TO REALLY DECREE THE START OF MARDI GRAS AND REX’S REIGN. WDSU REPORTER SHAY O’CONNOR JOINS US LIVE RIGHT NOW ...

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On Mardi Gras day in New Orleans, if you're lucky or in the know, you can see a dazzling procession of Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, marching through the streets, resplendent in suits ...

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A new history by Luke Barr chronicles the innovations, excesses and chauvinism of the French chefs who spawned a revolution in cooking. “I would rather have a pretty woman in my bed than behind a ...

Passengers handed out beads and snacks while airport staff led a festive send-off parade before their international flight Michael DeMocker/Getty A group of Louisiana travelers staged a mini Mardi ...

NEW ORLEANS (WCSC) — A group of masked and costumed students danced through the streets of New Orleans 199 years ago Friday, marking the beginning of the city’s legendary Mardi Gras celebrations.

Shia LaBeouf appeared before a New Orleans judge Thursday for a status hearing more than a week after his Mardi Gras arrest. Orleans Parish Criminal Court Judge Simone Levine set a $100,000 bond and ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Downtown New Orleans recorded 2.2 million total visits during the two-week Carnival stretch from the Friday of the Krewe of Cleopatra through Mardi Gras Day — the highest level of ...

As Mardi Gras season wraps up, crowds gathering in the Tremé danced past the bright mural of Marion Colbert — the “Banana Lady of Tremé ”— who, between shifts as a bathroom attendant at Brennan’s, ...