With temperatures hovering in the 50s hours after the arrival of the new year, the open-air party pulsing down New Orleans’ famed nocturnal artery was still hot, drawing revelers from near and far.

The night, like countless others Bourbon Street has welcomed over the decades, started out ripe for celebration. With ...

An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a football star suffered fatal ...