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 ...

We have a lot of them—we have Mardi Gras, Festival International. That’s our number one priority: public safety. Especially with events like this, we put a huge emphasis on making it as safe ...

South Africans are expressing outrage over what they perceive as offensive imagery during the “Zulu” parade at the recent Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans, USA. The annual carnival, which ended ...

All one has to do is look at what the Mardi Gras Pass has done and continues to do. It has destroyed fisheries, estuaries and accelerated land loss. There was a study done (I believe around 2012 ...

The report also calls for a permanent federal SEAR 1 threat designation for Mardi Gras, the highest federal event threat rating, to ensure additional security resources are allocated to the city.

Being one of the largest and most well-known festivals in the world, Mardi Gras has been celebrated since the 16th century and contributes more than $1 billion to the local economy each year.

MARDI GRAS UPDATE: The Captain of the Krewe of Oceanus sent out a statement today clarifying our story about the dissolution of the Krewe: While no longer a member of the NWLA Mardi Gras ...

The krewe customarily selects and designs next year’s throws soon after Mardi Gras ends. The krewe then enters into contracts with an importer to buy them by “summer at the latest,” he said.