Just a few minutes from the school parades in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, there’s a huge workforce stitching, fixing, sweeping up feathers and sequins, and assembling floats and instruments.

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The satirical Mardi Gras troupe emphasized local humor -- and strenuously avoided any shots at the sitting president.

Powerful storms with a threat of tornadoes are expected to punch through Louisiana and other parts of the South on Tuesday just as huge parades and costumed revelers are set to celebrate Mardi Gras in ...

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Pete Fountain Half-Fast Walking Club will walk from the intersection of Poydras and St. Charles Avenue and will make its way into the French Quarter.

Palmerton resident and contributing writer Lynn Shupp brings us a firsthand look from Mardi Gras in Mobile, Alabama, which ...