Mardi Gras falls right before Ash Wednesday, marking the start of the 40-day Lenten season that culminates with Easter. USA TODAY is providing live coverage of the parades around New Orleans beginning ...

The restaurant, Dooky Chase’s, is a New Orleans fixture with deep ties to the civil rights movement. The authorities say it was not intentionally targeted. By Shannon Sims and Chris Hippensteel ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Get ready to climb the steps next time you want to pose with the Rocky statue at the Philadelphia Art Museum. On Wednesday, the city's Art Commission voted to move the iconic ...

Helena Moreno was sworn in as New Orleans’ 63rd mayor on Monday (Jan. 12), making history as the city’s first Hispanic mayor and the second woman to assume the role. Moreno’s inauguration was held at ...

NEW ORLEANS — Helena Moreno took the oath of office Monday in a ceremony that was part celebration, part Broadway production, part New Orleans revival — a fitting scene for New Orleans' historic ...

The AFRO knows what it’s like to endure challenging times. John H. Murphy, Sr., a former enslaved man founded the AFRO in 1892 with $200 from his wife, Martha Howard Murphy. Together they created a ...

A National Guard deployment in New Orleans authorized by President Trump will begin Tuesday as part of a heavy security presence for New Year's celebrations, a year ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Kick off 2026 with these Greater New Orleans New Year’s celebrations. Welcome 2026 in Woldenberg Park with the New Orleans Eve Fleur de Lis drop, a New Orleans-style version of ...

NEW ORLEANS ‒ At first glance, Bourbon Street remains as it always was: Tourists clutch cocktails as they totter down the uneven sidewalks in high heels. The shoeshine guys make their bad dad jokes.

The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart, David Byrne and Lorde are among the big names set to headline the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2026, organizers announced Thursday. The fest returns ...

Enterprise celebrated the opening of its second McDonald’s restaurant this past Wednesday with a new weevil statue. The “Hamburglar Weevil” statue became the 35th addition to the Enterprise “Weevil ...