In New Orleans, the contrast from Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday to Ash Wednesday and weeks of reflection is particularly stark, ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) ROSEMARY WESTWOOD, BYLINE: New Orleans is overrun with parties and parades during Mardi Gras season, and Marie-Isabelle Pautz (ph) was out there, having conversations with ...

Members of New Orleans' Black Masking Indians are preparing for to reveal their colorful and elaborate suits on Fat Tuesday.

For 40 days every spring, Christians observe the season of repentance and fasting known as Lent. In New Orleans, the change from Mardi Gras to Lent is striking.

In a shocking turn of events, two Tesla Cybertruck owners who participated in a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans were left distraught after their vehicles were vandalised by members of the crowd.

San Francisco is getting a Pride music festival, staged at the same sprawling venue as Portola Festival. Kehlani, Tinashe and ...

Both festivals - Mardi Gras in New Orleans or Rio de Janeiro Carnival - fire up bucket lists like few other events around the ...

Mardi Gras, also known as "Fat Tuesday," is a lively, week-long celebration in New Orleans that culminates on the day before ...

LOTS OF SUNSHINE. The New Orleans Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a homicide investigation on Mardi Gras Day. According to police, NOPD arrested a 15-year-old in connection ...