A reveler takes a moment to play a game of chess on Bourbon street on the Friday before Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...

Bourbon Street Awards hosts Varla Jean Merman and Fatsy Cline watch as a best drag costume contestant poses during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The ...

At the stroke of midnight, New Orleans law enforcement officers and the city’s mayor make a clean sweep of Bourbon Street to close out a successful Mardi Gras season.

Mardi Gras and New Orleans – a duo so iconic, it’s practically tattooed on the American psyche. Beads flying, brass bands ...

We gave it all to make sure Mardi Gras was a success," said New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell as she closed Mardi Gras in the city for 2024. New Orleans law enforcement sweep Bourbon Street ...

Mardi Gras is less than a week away and security surrounding this year’s Fat Tuesday celebrations, marking the end of Carnival season in New Orleans, will be heightened following the deadly New ...

Mardi Gras has officially come to an end. The clock has struck midnight, which means that the New Orleans Police Department and the New Orleans mayor would ceremoniously end the revelry of ...

New Orleans' most famous street could soon see sweeping changes if city leaders follow through on bold new safety recommendations after a New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 and injured dozens ...

New Orleans, home to Mardi Gras and Bourbon Street, is well accustomed to hosting large crowds. But with Carnival season set to begin on Monday, five days after an attacker plowed a Ford F-150 ...

NEW ORLEANS — After the deadly attack on Bourbon Street on New Year’s Day left 14 people dead, officials are making sure Mardi Gras 2025 will have the highest level of security ever.

New Orleans now faces safety concerns for two major upcoming events, Super Bowl LIX and Mardi Gras. Authorities at the scene of an attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on January 1.

A reveler takes a moment to play a game of chess on Bourbon street on the Friday before Mardi Gras Day in New Orleans, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...