New Orleans Defiantly Opens Carnival Season

New Orleans Defiantly Opens Carnival Season, Days After Terror Attack
The Joan of Arc Parade, an annual event since 2008, honors the French heroine's birthday and marks the beginning of the Carnival season, leading up to Mardi Gras. She is considered the unofficial patron saint, or "Maid of New Orleans."
New Orleans holds 1st parade of Carnival season 5 days after deadly attack on Bourbon Street
Hundreds gathered in New Orleans’ famed French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed five days earlier by a careening pickup.
New Orleans roars back with Carnival celebrations after truck attack
Hundreds gathered in New Orleans' French Quarter to celebrate the first parade of Carnival season, just blocks from where 14 people were killed.
Carnival season kicks off in New Orleans with Twelfth Night festivities, days after terror attack
The 2025 Carnival season in New Orleans began taking shape against a somber backdrop Monday (Jan. 6), but with Twelfth Night celebrants eager to show the city would not be bowed by the New Year’s Day terror attack on Bourbon Street.
Witness of New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans speaks out
As our community and neighbors continue to heal from the New Year’s Day terror attack in New Orleans, News 5 is hearing more accounts of that morning. 23-year-old Jaries Brown is from Mobile and an alumnus of Mary G.
Stop Telling New Orleans To Shut Up And Be Resilient
New Orleans native Edward Buckles Jr. explains how his home city’s resilience is both a gift and a painful burden.
Biden visits New Orleans for prayer service after deadly New Year's attack: 'You are not alone'
The Bidens attended an interfaith prayer service hosted by the Archdiocese of New Orleans at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saint ...
New Orleans attack came at a time of political heat, and transition, for the FBI
The attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by ...
Louisiana AG orders investigation after New Year’s Day massacre as New Orleans gets heightened security status for Mardi Gras
As New Orleans kicks off its extravagant Carnival season this week, Louisiana is launching a new investigation into the New ...
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Super Bowl LIX: Ranking the five matchups I'd most like to see at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans
As we head into the NFL playoffs, Kevin Patra ranks the five potential Super Bowl LIX matchups he'd most like to see. Josh ...
‘Get Back Up’: Biden Urges a New Round of Resilience for New Orleans
President Biden and the first lady joined a city already exhausted by disaster to remember the victims of a Jan. 1 terror ...
Newly released images show IEDs New Orleans suspect attempted to detonate
ABC News has obtained never-before-seen images of the IEDs found after the suspect accused in the New Orleans truck-ramming ...
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How Seattle is responding to the New Orleans attack
The latest: Last Friday, Seattle police took part in an online national briefing hosted by the FBI about the Jan. 1 attack in ...