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Are Lockdowns Working? Google's Location Data Tells You
Alphabet Inc's Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras and St Patrick's Day.
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Drunken Driver Plows Into Crowd, Injures 28 At New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade
A pickup truck driven by a man who appeared to be "highly intoxicated" plowed into a crowd of spectators watching the main Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans on Saturday, sending more than 20 people to the hospital, police said.
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Inmates Bring Christmas Cheer To Philippine Prison With Beauty Pageant
Inmates dressed as beauty queens pranced on a makeshift stage for a mock beauty pageant at a Philippines jail on Saturday, bringing Christmas cheer to one of the country's most overcrowded prisons.
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Durga Puja Festivities Mesmerise Foreigners in Kolkata
Many of us in India know of Mardi Gras in Rio and New Orleans. But does the world know of Durga Puja? Not really, say a group of foreign journalists in Kolkata right now for a first-hand experience of the big festival.
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2 Dead in Shooting at New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade
Two people were killed in a shooting during a popular parade in New Orleans, police said on Friday, in an event shaking the city as it prepares for additional revelry culminating in Mardi Gras on Tuesday.
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New York aims to drive out Central Park's horse-drawn carriages
Many US cities have quintessential sights and sounds: San Francisco's clanging cable cars, New Orleans and its raucous Mardi Gras, and Washington's political mudslinging.
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Gotta pee? There's a website for that
Now, a new website is making it easier for tourists to get much needed relief when traveling in an unfamiliar city or town.
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Thousands celebrate at Australia's gay Mardi Gras
Drag queens and scantily-dressed dancers joined with politicians and military personnel for Sydney's colourful gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, and to call for acceptance and equality.
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Four wounded in shooting amid Mardi Gras celebrations in US
Four people were shot on a packed Bourbon Street, sending people running as revelers partied Saturday night amid the countdown to Mardi Gras, police and bystanders said. But the party resumed in force hours later as crowds thronged the iconic French Quarter street following the shooting.
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Are Lockdowns Working? Google's Location Data Tells You
Alphabet Inc's Google has published charts showing how the coronavirus has brought hard-hit Italy to a standstill, led to runs on grocery stores around the world and prompted a stark drop in going-out between Mardi Gras and St Patrick's Day.
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Drunken Driver Plows Into Crowd, Injures 28 At New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade
A pickup truck driven by a man who appeared to be "highly intoxicated" plowed into a crowd of spectators watching the main Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans on Saturday, sending more than 20 people to the hospital, police said.
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Inmates Bring Christmas Cheer To Philippine Prison With Beauty Pageant
Inmates dressed as beauty queens pranced on a makeshift stage for a mock beauty pageant at a Philippines jail on Saturday, bringing Christmas cheer to one of the country's most overcrowded prisons.
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Durga Puja Festivities Mesmerise Foreigners in Kolkata
Many of us in India know of Mardi Gras in Rio and New Orleans. But does the world know of Durga Puja? Not really, say a group of foreign journalists in Kolkata right now for a first-hand experience of the big festival.
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2 Dead in Shooting at New Orleans Mardi Gras Parade
Two people were killed in a shooting during a popular parade in New Orleans, police said on Friday, in an event shaking the city as it prepares for additional revelry culminating in Mardi Gras on Tuesday.
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New York aims to drive out Central Park's horse-drawn carriages
Many US cities have quintessential sights and sounds: San Francisco's clanging cable cars, New Orleans and its raucous Mardi Gras, and Washington's political mudslinging.
-
Gotta pee? There's a website for that
Now, a new website is making it easier for tourists to get much needed relief when traveling in an unfamiliar city or town.
-
Thousands celebrate at Australia's gay Mardi Gras
Drag queens and scantily-dressed dancers joined with politicians and military personnel for Sydney's colourful gay and lesbian Mardi Gras, and to call for acceptance and equality.
-
Four wounded in shooting amid Mardi Gras celebrations in US
Four people were shot on a packed Bourbon Street, sending people running as revelers partied Saturday night amid the countdown to Mardi Gras, police and bystanders said. But the party resumed in force hours later as crowds thronged the iconic French Quarter street following the shooting.
