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It was delayed a week by cold weather — but Thursday night the City of Mobile lit the Mardi Gras Tree. Port City favorite — The Excelsior Band — welcoming revelers to Mardi Gras Park.

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From sweet treats handed from ladies in carriages, to today’s wonderfully colorful souvenir trinkets of sparkling and blinking plastic, Mardi Gras throws have a long history in the celebration of ...

MANILA, Philippines — Plagued with discarded face masks, plastic bottles, and other trash during the COVID-19 pandemic, a small riverside community in Manila created its waste management service ...