Here’s a look at Mardi Gras, a celebration held the day before the fasting season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday. March 4, 2025 – Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). January 6 – Carnival season celebrations ...

This year's Mardi Gras Galveston celebration will feature more than 20 different events with multiple local krewes.

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After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were eager to protect their city's famed French Quarter, where crowds ...

An examination of visuals, witness accounts and city planning documents reveals that security lapses in New Orleans left ...

After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were anxious to protect their city's famed French Quarter, where ...

But those bollards, which are designed to block vehicles from crashing into buildings and pedestrians, were quickly jammed with Mardi Gras beads and stopped working, said Rafael Goyeneche, head of ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans City Council Member Helena Moreno is calling for a joint local and state legislative committee to investigate the Bourbon Street terror ...

According to a New York Times report, city officials were warned in 2019 that Bourbon Street, a historic street in the French Quarter where the attack took place, was vulnerable to a “vehicular ...

To prepare for New Year’s Eve, the City of New Orleans sent a tanker truck marked “LEMON FRESH” to wet down the streets of the French Quarter, the oldest part of the city, which was founded ...