Three parades will roll Thursday night in New Orleans with scores of masked riders on colorful floats. More processions will ...

When people visit New Orleans for Mardi Gras this year, there will be additional tactical teams and overall a larger police presence than in years past.

The rooftop snipers, bomb-sniffing dogs and armored vehicles seen during the Super Bowl will be back in the French Quarter on ...

French Quarter Task Force member Bob Simms said from a safety standpoint, the city must do something to secure Bourbon Street ...

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

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

Quigley survived the French Quarter attack, only hearing second-hand accounts of the carnage around him, only later finding out Tiger Bech was killed by a man New Orleans police would call a ...

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told allies in a private meeting before the Super Bowl that she was weighing whether to ...

NEW ORLEANS — Stepped-up security measures are now in place in New Orleans ahead of the big Mardi Gras celebration. Public ...

In many ways, New Orleans’ first major night of Carnival parades after the deadly New Year's vehicle attack on Bourbon Street ...

This year's queen is truly a rags-to-riches story. Ruthie Sable is a dog ready to promote other dogs in need. She is described as a true New Orleans girl at heart. The 11-year-old foxhound Dalmatian ...

This comes ahead of the first big weekend of parades, as well as the recently granted SEAR 1 rating for Mardi Gras.