Two well-known celebrities who call the Crescent City home are also in attendance as events kick-off Thursday.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, is captain of Mystick Krewe of Louisianians, the krewe that runs the event. The official ...

WASHINGTON — Planning is underway for the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. The 39th president of the United States was a Georgia peanut farmer who ...