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 ...

Mobile isn’t the only place to celebrate Mardi Gras in Alabama. Gulf Shores, one hour south by car, has some of the USA’s prettiest white-sand beaches and this year hosts the 46th Annual Mardi Gras ...

50-caliber machine gun, rifles and explosives at the site. Large-scale bank heists have become common in Brazil in recent years, often involving hostages used as human shields. In October 2021, police ...

If you're a New Orleanian and a fan of "Squid Game," the South Korean dystopian Netflix original that has shattered ...

Some associate it with Mardi Gras, others with a celebration known as Epiphany. King cake is eaten on January 6 in honor of Epiphany, or Twelfth Night, which historically marks the arrival of the ...

During Harrison’s time as police chief, a drunken driver plowed into Mardi Gras parade-goers in 2017, injuring 28 people. New Orleans hosted multiple Super Bowls during Harrison’s career at ...

Mardi Gras is celebrated annually, with the exception of 2021 when parades were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The holiday season may have wrapped with the new year but those who ...

“It doesn’t seem like that’s going to happen.” The Brazilian insurrection — a remarkable echo of what happened in the United States two years prior — elicited a more decisive ...

Each year on Jan. 6, as other Americans are taking down their Christmas decorations, residents in New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf South start hanging Mardi Gras beads and ordering their ...

A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election. Footage of one of Janaína Lima's employees hauling away ...

King’s Mardi Gras Parade rolls at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, and Biloxi’s 12th Night celebration will roll at 5 p.m. on Sunday. After the New Orleans attack that killed 14 people — including ...

The beloved pastry is a staple of Mardi Gras festivities and the Christian holiday of Epiphany. In the Christian tradition, the Feast of the Epiphany commemorates the visit of the Magi to the ...