Kendall Elizabeth Williams is the 2025 queen. She's a 2025 graduate of Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, where she was given the school's highest honor of "Citizenship Girl" for displaying "core values ... of loyalty, respect, enthusiasm and a positive demeanor," Krewe of Louisianans said on their website. Kendall is also a star athlete.

While the residents of southeast Louisiana have been celebrating the snow, Carnival is celebrated in the nation’s capitol.

Kathleen Flynn in New Orleans and Lauren Weber in Washington contributed to this report.

It’s no secret that brunch is a treasured meal in D.C. If you’ve already exhausted the classic spots ... Learn more about our editorial process. Celebrity chef and New Orleans native David Guas rings in 2025 with a new Sunday jazz brunch session.

“All attendees will undergo screenings and checkpoints,” said Matt McCool, Secret Service special agent in charge of Washington, D.C. during a press conference before the inauguration. “More than 30 miles of anti-scale fence will be used for the inauguration.”

Cecile Richards, a prominent women's rights advocate and former head of Planned Parenthood, died at 67 from brain cancer. Her family and President Biden honored her legacy.

The Pope has made advocacy for migrants a key part of his papacy, insisting they should be welcomed and integrated into societies.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell will be in Washington, D.C. for three days, attending the 93rd Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting.

Rioters from the 2021 Capitol attack plan to attend Trump's inauguration, causing legal and public controversy

Can the Lions return to the NFC championship? Can the Bills overcome the Ravens? And will the Texans trip up the Chiefs' threepeat bid?

President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration is expected to be moved indoors because of “dangerously cold temperatures” forecasted to impact Washington D.C.

The NFL and federal law enforcement are increasing security for Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans in response to the New Year's Day terrorist attack on Bourbon Street that killed 14 people, officials told ESPN.