Mardi Gras nears, a beefed-up police presence and a rain-scrambled parade schedule in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans’ annual Carnival celebration entered its high-intensity home stretch Friday with a beefed-up police presence and a weather forecast that threatened to disrupt the first of two weekends of elaborate parades. Three parades were scheduled to roll Friday night with no weather complications expected. But flood-threatening rains were in the […]