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Despite being cut short by a few hours because of the threat of severe weather, Mardi Gras 2025 was significantly bigger than last year’s Carnival celebration, according to local hoteliers ...

Tuesday is Mardi Gras, also known by its English translation Fat Tuesday. It's the festival that happens before the start of Lent, the 40-day period observed by certain Christian denominations ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving behind an avalanche of waste. At dawn Wednesday ...

60S OVER THE WEEKEND. WELL, NEW DETAILS OF MARDI GRAS VIOLENCE IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA. AS WE LEARNED, TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN SHOOTINGS AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE HURT IN MAMOU. THE POLICE CHIEF ...

Mardi Gras threatened: In New Orleans ... Dust storm: A massive dust storm swept over swaths of New Mexico, Texas and Mexico on Monday, bringing violent winds and cloaking roadways in near ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good times and parades still rolled in New Orleans for Mardi Gras Day celebrations early Tuesday, ahead of expected severe winds, thunderstorms and tornado warnings in the ...

Region braces for severe weather during Mardi Gras New Orleans Police Superintendent ... D.C.; and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed. Bruins notebook: Nikita Zadorov ...

Why isn't Mardi Gras on the same day? Mardi Gras falls on a different date each year because it is based on a system that revolves around Easter, which also doesn't occur on the same day every year.

And it's threatening to put a damper on Mardi Gras festivities in New Orleans tonight ... from President Trump's address to Congress; Mexico argues against gunmakers in the U.S. Supreme Court ...

Mardi Gras floats “could become unstable” and heavy winds could ... Freida Frisaro in Miami and Susan Montoya Bryan in Albuquerque, New Mexico, contributed.

“Mardi Gras is all about having these moments. This city is like nowhere else in the country right now,” said Kendall Calyen, 41, marveling at the 200-year-old tradition unfolding before his eye ...