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Hyundai and Kia have recalled nearly 300,000 vehicles due to a potential fire hazard, and a drought exposed 113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks in Texas. Plus, what a mom learned after she intervened in her daughter's summer camp drama.
President Biden is expected to announce today that he will cancel $10,000 in federal student loans for borrowers making $125,000 a year or less. He also is expected to extend the federal student loan payment pause for several more months, multiple sources told NBC News. A White House spokesman said yesterday that no final decision has been made yet about student debt cancellation. Roughly 45 million Americans have student debt.
Excessive drought conditions this summer have uncovered 113-million-year-old dinosaur tracks at the aptly named Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas. The tracks belong to two different species of dinosaur, a theropod called Acrocanthosaurus believed to have stood 15 feet tall, and a sauropod called Sauroposeidon believed to have been about 60 feet tall and weighing 44 tons, a park official told TODAY. Normally, the tracks are buried under mud and will soon be buried again by rain and the river. See more photos of them here.
Hearing her 7-year-old daughter had been teased at day camp brought back some bad memories for TODAY Parents writer Rachel Paula Abrahamson of similar episodes from her own childhood. She decided to email the camp director, but talking to parenting experts made her soon realize she made a mistake. She learned why she should have let it go and how her actions may have affected her daughter. Plus, she shared the surprising way things ended between her daughter and the child who teased her.
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Sore from a workout? Foam rolling is a great way to speed up your recovery by taking some time on a rest day to relieve tightness in your muscles. It's also a great way to warm up or cool down from a workout, all while improving your flexibility. We have 12 foam roller exercises from a personal trainer that will help you work out any soreness from your upper back down to your hamstrings and quadriceps.
WHAT'S FOR DINNER?
Allow us to do the meal-planning for you.
If you're looking to dial it back on eating meat or broaden your horizons when it comes to plant-based cooking, we have 66 vegetarian recipes from top chefs that fit any craving, from burgers to pasta or curries to cakes. Dishes like chef Sunny Anderson's black bean burgers (above) are light and tasty variations on old favorites. Just grab some veggies from the local supermarket — you'll be surprised at how abundant the flavors are in these recipes, whether you're a meat eater or not.
DAILY DELIGHT
A little pick-me-up before you go.
Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way. This 4-year-old baseball fan got a lesson in how to grip a hot dog at a Detroit Tigers game when he watched it flop out of the bun on the ground, resulting in a classic Homer Simpson "Doh!" reaction. It turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as Chicago-based hot dog stand The Wieners Circle hosted Matthew Hoobler and his family for a party that included a tutorial on proper hot dog-holding form. It's all in the wrist, kid.
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Written by Scott Stump | Edited by Philip Caulfield
