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.

Two well-known celebrities who call the Crescent City home are also in attendance as events kick-off Thursday.

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

For decades, Americans have gathered at the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. to watch the inauguration of the incoming president, with some noteworthy exceptions.

“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.

President-elect Donald Trump started his official return to Washington Saturday afternoon to prepare for his historic inauguration. The Republican, along with wife Melania and youngest son Barron, waved to a crowd of supporters as he boarded his private Trump Force One aircraft in West Palm Beach,

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

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NEW ORLEANS — The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe, with expected frigid conditions in the nation’s capital severe enough to force Donald Trump’s second inauguration indoors on Monday.