Carnival

Customers and employees of several Carnival Corp. cruise lines might have had personal information stolen.

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!”…

The Christmas season is officially drawing to a close, but it’s just the start of the season leading up to New Orleans’ biggest street party: Mardi Gras. Some walking parades and streetcar-riding groups touch off Carnival revelry, which climaxes on Fat Tuesday — Feb. 25 of this year. On Monday the Krewe of Joan of Arc walks through the French…

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.

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 Los Angeles State Historic Park will host the 5th annual celebration of Bob Baker in honor of the American puppeteer’s 95th birthday.

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

A deadly shooting in Compton kills one person and injures three more, including a child. Rick Montanez reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2018.

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.