Amid political uncertainty, carnival celebrations in the country were delayed as violent protests led to the cancellation of the first day of festivities.

The celebrations were delayed due to fears of anti-government violence as Michel Martelly left office with no elected successor.

Here are the best parades to head to for the New Orleans festivities.

Mardi Gras is coming up Tuesday, and here are the recipes to make your celebration (almost) authentic.

A trade show underway in New Orleans this week offers a peek inside the $80 billion industry built around incarceration.

A wide assortment of people dressed as ghosts, ghouls and goblins -- and superheroes -- paraded through Greenwich Village in New York City Saturday.

Louisiana's Road Home rebuilding program was supposed to help those who lost their houses to Hurricane Katrina. A decade later, the journey home is far from over.

Here are some Memorial Day 2015 travel deals to get your summer started off right.

Louisiana’s proposed marriage act would give private business owners more power in asserting their marriage beliefs on clients.

New Orleans’ tourism industry is big business and includes a number of events catering to gays, lesbians and transgender people.

The Jewish festival of Purim begins the evening of March 4 and ends the evening of March 5.

Christians from major Western denominations will start the Lenten fast on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Some illegal immigrants are worried they may never be able to apply for deferred action under Obama's policies.

The holiday has its roots in Slavic pagan festivals that were meant to ward off the evil gods of darkness and cold.

The 40-day period of Lent marks a time for Christians to fast, pray and repent ahead of Easter.

Mardi Gras started long before New Orleans adopted the holiday.

As New Orleans' Mardi Gras celebrations enter their final week, don’t miss the flurry of parades scheduled for the last two days.

Long before Mardi Gras became about beads, beers and public flashing, it was a Christian holiday dating back nearly two thousand years.

Grab a beer and some beads and load up these live feeds.

To help maintain the spirit of the Mardi Gras season, here are seven drinking games to play at a party.

Planning ahead is key to making the traditional Mardi Gras festive and colorful King Cake.

Buy beads online, fry the easiest beignets ever and put on some jazz.

Authentic gumbo demands a classic roux of oil or flour and butter and the holy "trinity" of green bell pepper, celery, and onion.

Family Gras, a free street festival with parades and a food court of its own, is also scheduled for this weekend near New Orleans.

But wait, when is Mardi Gras again?

With just a few weeks left in Season 14 of "Celebrity Apprentice," things turned interesting in one of the most heated boardrooms to date.

Planning a Labor Day party shouldn’t be laborious. IBTimes culls the best end-of-summer party ideas for 2014.

You may not yet be thinking about winter vacation, but now is the time to start planning.

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins on the evening of March 15 and ends at sundown on March 16.

Deputies have arrested the father of one of the women found dumped beside a dumpster in Bolivar, Texas. The bodies of the lesbian couple were discovered on the morning of March 7.