After thunderstorms, severe gusts of wind and some tornadoes led to abbreviated Mardi Gas celebrations in southeast Louisiana ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent. For Catholics, Lent means no meat on Ash Wednesday or Fridays during the season.

Ash Wednesday, March 5, this year, the first day of the Lenten season and is considered a reminder of human mortality.

The dust is coming from Texas which had a major dust storm on the backside of this storm system yesterday. That dust is going ...

The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final day of feasting and revelry before the solemnity of ...

Officials in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, announced Monday that Mardi Gras celebrations in the parish have been canceled ...

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Mardi Gras festivities were underway early Tuesday in New Orleans despite a forecast of severe weather expected later in the ...

After a weekslong pre-Lenten bash — complete with elaborate parades that meander through New Orleans, shimmery beads tossed from floats, streets lined with costumed revelers, lavish balls and ...

The conclusion falls the day before Ash Wednesday and is seen as a final ... to a year in prison for wire fraud Each year, along with Louisiana residents, more than a million visitors travel ...