Ten violent inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail in a stunning midnight jailbreak, exiting from behind a hole hidden behind a toilet.

When most people think of the Big Easy, the first images that come to mind are likely parade floats, beads and purples, ...

The new Mardi Gras Service will run twice daily with stops in Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, Biloxi, and Pascagoula. Amtrak also offers existing routes through Mississippi, including the Crescent (New ...

Easter is over, but Mardi Gras is coming to New Orleans, Mobile, and four towns between them on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This “Mardi Gras” will be an Amtrak train, and it will run twice a day in ...

While the two cities may argue about their role in the origins of Mardi Gras—one may be the original ... Think again, my friend. Sign up to our newsletter to enjoy the US without spending ...

Amtrak Mardi Gras Service is the name of the upcoming route along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a title that "will reflect the region's distinctive culture," the railroad company's president Roger ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - America’s passenger railroad today officially announced the new Amtrak Mardi Gras Service with twice-daily runs between New Orleans and Mobile with stops along the ...

Move over, beads and king cake — Mardi Gras is hitting the rails. The long-standing Gulf Coast rivalry between Mobile and New Orleans over who threw the first Mardi Gras party now has a new ...

A new Mardi Gras krewe hopes to start the 2026 season a day early. Carnival traditionally kicks off on Twelfth Night, which falls on Jan. 6, but next year, the Mystic Kings Krewe plans to roll in ...

The Backstreet Cultural Museum, a trove of Mardi Gras Indian suits, Baby Doll costumes and second-line paraphernalia, is expanding. Saturday is the grand opening of the museum’s new second-floor ...

More processions will continue every day through Mardi Gras, or Fat Tuesday. Costumed revelers will jam the French Quarter as more parades roll in New Orleans’ suburbs, other Louisiana cities ...