Carnival

A subdued Carnival season is starting in New Orleans. This year the coronavirus pandemic has put an end to the crowd-heavy balls and street parades that draw thousands of people to the city every year.

A cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Rio de Janeiro throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted, but gloom remains — the annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools won’t be held in February.

President Donald Trump tweeted on Friday that four major cruise ship companies have agreed to suspend trips from the U.S. for 30 days, effective at midnight. Trump said that Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and MSC Cruises all agreed to the suspensions. He said the cruise line industry is a “great and important industry – it will be kept that way!”…

Princess Cruises, which has one of its ships docked at the Port of Oakland, is suspending global operations through early May because of the coronavirus pandemic.

One person sustained minor injuries after a Carnival cruise ship crashed into another and damaged the dining area, the cruiseline said.

The Carnival Cruise Line ship “Fantasy” has earned one of the company’s worst sanitation inspection reports ever, NBC News reported, citing data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Inspectors with the agency who examined the 855-foot ship last month detailed dozens of problems, including a salad bar with “not less than 15 small flies” on bagels and bread,...

Art Neville, a member of one of New Orleans’ storied musical families, the Neville Brothers, and a founding member of the groundbreaking funk band The Meters, has died at age 81. Neville’s manager, Kent Sorrell, said Neville died Monday.

In an effort to build a sense of community, Oakland police teamed up with NFL stars Marshawn Lynch and Marcus Peters to bring a free carnival to dozens of Oakland children Tuesday.

Carnival Corp. has reached a tentative settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay $20 million in fines for some of its ships continuing to pollute the oceans despite promising years ago to stop.

Carnival Corp. has reached a tentative settlement with federal prosecutors in which the world’s largest cruise line agreed to pay $20 million in fines for some of its ships continuing to pollute the oceans despite promising years ago to stop.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is stirring outrage after sharing a graphic video on Twitter that shows one man urinating on another. Bolsonaro posted the video Tuesday night criticizing Carnival. Many conservatives in Latin America’s largest nation detest Carnival celebrations, seeing them as heathen. The far-right president himself was one of the main targets of revelers’ mockery during Carnival.

The all-electric coaster will allow two riders at a time to race along nearly 800 feet of track, 187 feet above sea level.

If you signed up for a cut of a $12.5 million settlement last year over free cruise offers by phone, you’ll have to take one more step getting any cash.

Water spurted from the walls and gushed down the hallways of a Carnival Cruise line ship Thursday, as crews scrambled to get the sudden flood under control.

Carnival Cruise rolled into a small Virginia town this week on the hunt for a local teen and his coveted Snapchat handle @CarnivalCruise.

A drag queen is headlining the parade of one of Rio de Janeiro’s most storied samba schools Monday night as Carnival celebrations across the country continue the tradition of ridiculing cultural icons and pushing social boundaries. Pabllo Vittar will perform with Beija-Flor de Nilopolis, whose theme is promoting tolerance. Last year’s champions, Portela, are to portray the story of Jews...

Cariocas, as Rio de Janeiro residents are known, and tourists used to spend a lot on Carnival parade tickets and costumes. But a grinding economic crisis in Latin America’s largest nation and the rise of “blocos,” as local street parties are known, are changing the nature of the big bash.

Seth Meyers chats with James Spaders, who dishes about his time at what he called an “abysmal” carnival.

Hurricane Harvey has many vacationers worried about how the storm will impact their plans, especially people planning to take cruises out of Galveston.

That lawsuit claimed a marketing group violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act when the automated calls were made, offering free trips on Carnival, Royal Caribbean or Norwegian Cruise lines.