A mom is upholding her favorite toddler activity, after TikTok said it was “exploitative” and unsafe. “I got a lot of hate on that video,” Caitlin French, a midwife and mother of one, tells TODAY.com.

Thanks to David Bowie, Arcade Fire and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Carnival gridlock arrived early in the French Quarter. On Saturday afternoon, thousands of fans and curious onlookers lined the ...