Do you know the history of Twelfth Night? Here's how it came to be known as the start of the Carnival season in New Orleans.

As the new year rolls in, a much more important holiday for New Orleanians follows closely on its heels: Twelfth Night, the official start of Carnival season in the Crescent City. Each year on Jan ...

Depending on religion, Twelfth Night is either the 5 or 6 January and is traditionally when Christmas decorations are taken down. This date marks the end of the twelve days of Christmas and ...

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Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha found refuge from their hardscrabble upbringings in each other — and ice skating. They became childhood sweethearts and Olympic ice dancers, but an unexpected twist ...

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When is the next Valorant Night Market? Hopefully, some of your long sought-after weapon skins have been added to your collection. If you’re unsure whether to part with your valuable Valorant ...

The new book “El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Mercenary” delves into the truths and misunderstandings about the legendary knight. The new novel by “The Reader” author Bernhard ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.