With Mardi Gras just days away, New Orleans is boosting security to historic levels after a terror attack on the city's Bourbon Street killed 14 people on New Year's Day. NBC News' Jesse Kirsch has ...

Between the good food and the back-to-back parades, Joey Gray says it helped him learn what Mardi Gras is all about. “We got alligator bites. We had the jambalaya. We had hurricanes. So good. Good ...

An investigation is underway as New Orleans police say one person was accidentally shot on Bourbon Street Saturday night ...

Officers with the New Orleans Police Department are investigating the “accidental discharge” of a gun that left one person ...

NEW ORLEANS — One person was shot on Bourbon Street Saturday night in what the New Orleans Police Department says could have been an “accidental discharge” of a firearm.

In cities across the United States someone or something is almost always watching you. On Tuesday, as Mardi Gras revelers ...

The promise from authorities for more security threatened to conflict with the city’s anything-goes sensibilities, and some ...

More cops than confetti are expected to be prevalent on parade routes when Mardi Gras goes into full swing in New Orleans this weekend.

Cynthia Foster and her pet monkey, Julie, check out the action on Main Street in Daytona Beach on Friday's opening day of ...

The peak of Carnival season kicked off as the Krewe of Muses parade rolled from Uptown to the Central Business District on ...

It's a joyous and somewhat naughty New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition. Here's who participated this year and who took home the ...

The Louisiana State Police are holding a news conference Friday ahead of the Mardi Gras weekend. Troopers will be assisting the New Orleans Police Department to secure parade routes and the French ...