This week, across the New Orleans area, descendants of Sicilian immigrants will lay out elaborate altars laden with food and ...

The Countering Online Radicalization and Terrorism Act would require the Department of Homeland Security to conduct annual assessments on threats.

Hundreds of thousands of people take to the streets of New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras with parades and partying, leaving ...

Mardi Gras is here 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 Year’s Day ...

Outside of New York City, New Orleans is a top culinary destination in the U.S. With the seafood of the Gulf of Mexico, ...

(AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) Revelers throw beads from the balcony of the Royal Sonesta Hotel onto crowds on Bourbon Street during Mardi Gras festivities in the French Quarter in New Orleans, March ...

Bourbon Street was born in 1722, after a September hurricane wiped away four years of development in the original city of New ...

With two teenagers in tow, a single mother in New Orleans looked for her future empty nest along the Mardi Gras parade routes ...

From crawfish boils and Cajun cook-offs to late-night bar parties and burlesque shows, here are a few ways to celebrate Fat ...

NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell is considering making Bourbon Street pedestrian-only in the wake of the Jan. 1 terror attack. The New Orleans Police ...

Mardi Gras is the third big test for New Orleans since the horrific Jan. 1 truck-ramming and shooting rampage on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter was allegedly carried out by a 42-year-old U.S ...