Mardi Gras is here. Carnival season festivities will close Tuesday in spectacular fashion with colorful parades, glitzy beads and masked celebrants. Mardi Gras is celebrated around the globe and has ...

Large Mardi Gras crowds cause some to worry about a rise in crime in New Orleans — which, like other cities, saw its crime rate rise and police ranks shrink during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Actor and native New Orleanian Anthony Mackie tosses Mardi Gras beads to fans as he reigns as King of Bacchus XLVIII in the 2016 Krewe Of Bacchus parade on February 7, 2016 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mardi Gras 2024: What to know as Carnival season nears its rollicking end in New Orleans By: Kevin Mcgill, The Associated Press Posted: 3:02 PM CST Friday, Feb. 9, 2024 Last Modified: 7:03 PM CST ...

Mobile, Alabama, lays claim to the nation’s oldest Mardi Gras observances. Krewe du Vieux parades through the Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024.

Carnival celebrations — parties, fancy masked balls and other markers of the season — may start on Jan. 6, but the big buildup to Mardi Gras happens in New Orleans in the final 12 days of the season, ...