As a New Orleans local, I’m familiar with (and occasionally guilty of ignoring) the number one rule of Mardi Gras: It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Carnival season in 2026 begins on 6 January and runs ...

Mardi Gras! Galveston planners have announced the dates and headliners for the 2026 celebration. The 115th Mardi Gras event returns Feb. 6-17, 2026, and features headliners including Country musicians ...

Bridge City’s Mardi Gras Bead Factory is raising prices 5–10% after a 30% cost spike tied to tariffs on imports from China; shoppers keep buying.

On Wednesday in Irvington, Ala., a community about 20 miles southwest of Mobile, an eastbound Amtrak train heading from New Orleans on the Mardi Gras route collided with a white pickup truck. Video ...

Carnival lovers will have fewer weeks to catch beads and indulge in sweet king cakes this upcoming season. With 12th Night on Jan. 6 marking the start of Carnival, the 2025 season lasted 58 days. The ...

Godfrey Rangasammy, Supervisor of Science, background center, and Tanisha Johnson, a Science Coach, right, background, observe a chemistry class as Literacy coaches at Northwestern High School in ...

One in 4 young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate — yet more than half earned high school diplomas, according to recently released data analyzed by The 74. The number of ...