representatives have added to their narrow majority with a special election win in new mexico. melanie stansbury easily took tuesday's vote. she'll succeed deb haaland, who was named interior secretary. the national football league pledged today to stop using race-norming to make a billion dollars in pay-outs for brain injuries. the medical practice adjusts for race in testing for dementia. retired black players say it assumes they started with lower cognitive functioning than whites, and that makes it harder to win compensation. and, on wall street, the dow jones industrial average gained 25 points to close at 34,600. the nasdaq rose about 20 points. the s&p 500 added six. still to come on the newshour: the debate over unemployment benefits intensifies as the u.s. economy recovers. a state of emergency in colorado for teens mental health.