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 ...

Footage from the USA TODAY's livestream shows a vibrant and cheering crowd in New Orleans catching beads from the floats. These photos capture the essence of the 2025 Mardi Gras celebration.

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans ... is approaching its grand conclusion. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, which takes place ...

Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” the culmination of a festive season in New Orleans which begins on Jan. 6. Also known as Carnival or Carnaval, it’s celebrated in many countries ...

With the sun rising, people stumbled out of bars and saluted the trash collectors. A drunken couple shrieked and leaped onto ...

Everyone has heard the good news about Super Bowl LIX and the fact that it shattered records in New Orleans, but Carnival ...

Waste from Mardi Gras awaiting collection in the French Quarter of New Orleans, on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jack Brook) Leander Nunez, 54, steered a massive truck onto Bourbon ...