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Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers works out in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday. The NFL is doing daily coronavirus testing for the first two weeks of training.

NFL's Top Doctor On How Football Plans To Return

Chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills defended the NFL's plans to return in September. He tells Morning Edition that the league has an extensive testing program but won't be instituting a "bubble."

Top Wonks Take Aim At Sanders Economic Estimates

Ex-chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers are blasting an analysis from UMass-Amherst professor Gerald Friedman that Bernie Sanders' camp has praised recently. Do their opinions matter to voters?

President Trump speaks to reporters next to the empty chairs for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.. The Democrats declined to attend a meeting with Trump and Republican leaders at the White House on Tuesday.

Top Democrats Pull Out Of Planned Meeting With Trump

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer changed their minds after Trump tweeted that he didn't see a deal happening to keep the government funded past Dec. 8.

Creola McCalister, 88, protests the killing of teenager Michael Brown on Tuesday at a rally outside Greater St. Mark Family Church. Brown's death Saturday has sparked both peaceful rallies and violence this week.

Race Relations 'Top Priority' In Ferguson, Mo., Police Chief Says

Since an unarmed teen was shot and killed by police Saturday, the St. Louis suburb has been the site of protests. Police Chief Thomas Jackson urged protesters to be peaceful and end rallies at dark.

Texas Flu Deaths Top 2,300 So Far

TEXAS FLU DEATHS - More than 23-hundred Texans have died from flu-related causes. That’s according to the most recent data from the Texas Department of…

Good Riddance! 'Fiscal Cliff' Tops List Of 'Words To Be Banished'

Michigan's Lake Superior State University collects nominees for words or phrases that should be outlawed for "misuse, overuse and general uselessness." This year's No. 1 suggestion is all about the cliffhanger.

Red River Radio Local Newscast 7:04 AM 01.20.22 with Chuck Smith

Arkansas has reported its biggest one-day jump in hospitalizations as the state continues to feel the surge of the omicron variant of the coronavirus. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards says the Army Corps of Engineers will be getting $2.6 billion for Louisiana under the infrastructure and supplemental disaster acts. A new law aimed at preventing transgender students from competing on school sports teams that align with their gender identity may affect cisgender girls. The top election official in Austin says a new Texas voting law has forced her office to reject many vote-by-mail applications. And Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has tested positive for Covid-19.

One neuroscientist finds that simply savoring a cup of tea as a daily morning ritual has helped her quell anxious thoughts in pandemic times. "It felt like I finally had a great excuse to just be present and enjoy the breeze and warmth of the bowl of tea and the reflections that I could see on the surface," she says.

6 ways to deal with anxiety and uncertainty this winter

It's clear the next couple of months won't be the "life as usual" we all hoped for. Here are ways to reframe, breathe deep and manage the stress of yet another COVID surge.

During one experiment, the poker bot Pluribus played against five professional players. It won.

Bet On The Bot: AI Beats The Professionals At 6-Player Texas Hold 'Em

Six-player Texas Hold 'em has been too tough for a machine to master — until now. A bot named Pluribus crushed some of the world's best poker players using brash and unorthodox strategies.

Tennis Trend? Many Top Players Are Older Than 30

Over the last decade, the average age of the top 100 tennis players has steadily increased. We look at why players over 30 are likely to be strongly represented in the upcoming U.S. Open.

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