Researchers are developing a range of vaccines—which are normally used to combat infectious diseases—against such highly addictive substances as cocaine, nicotine, heroin and methamphetamine. If these new drugs come to market, experts hope they can overcome one big hurdle that previous anti-addiction medications have failed to clear. “The idea of vaccines is not anywhere near as stigmatized as giving medication to the addicted,” says Thomas Kosten, the Baylor Medical School psychiatrist who is leading research on the cocaine vaccine....

Letterman introduced the four men Wednesday night and Martinez had the honor of starting the show’s Top Ten List by saying, “Maybe I should make baseball my career.” MORE: Exclusive portraits of the Hall class | How to impove Hall voting | Pedro’s Jheri curl Hall-worthy? The 6-10 Johnson had No. 9: “One step closer to becoming People Magazine’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive.’” Biggio went next at No. 8: “Second biggest thrill?...

In fact, NASCAR has just made it harder on itself. The new format encourages contact and will lead to drivers wrecking each other more often at the end of races. It could create more incentive to violate NASCAR’s 100 percent rule. And it puts the onus on NASCAR to make the right decisions when deciding to throw a caution flag or keeping the race green late in the race. NASCAR, which has come under fire for some of its officiating, will have to prove that it can officiate the new Chase for the Sprint Cup....

The exploratory procedure for the suit began in 2015, when InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times reported that Exxon scientists knew in the late 1970s that emissions were damaging the climate but had covered the information up, an accusation that Exxon strongly denies. This comes on the heels of multiple suits against large oil companies. As the Supreme Court allowed three suits against more than a dozen oil companies stemming from Baltimore, Rhode Island and Colorado to press forward—suits that Exxon had been trying to transfer to federal courts from civil legislation—Massachusetts filed suit against Exxon on Thursday....

Swabs taken from the nostril and mid-nose of COVID-19 patients picked up the disease in more than 90 percent of cases, according to a statement by healthcare company UnitedHealth Group which created it. That is the same level of accuracy as those carried out by clinicians, it said. The study involved almost 500 patients at OptumCare facilities in hard-hit Washington state, and the results were prepared for an unnamed major peer-reviewed medical journal....

It’s been a clash of cultures from the start. Part education and tourism, part marketing and part science, Biosphere 2 attracted 230,000 visitors last year and rang up more than $4 million in gift-shop sales. But as science, Biosphere 2 is not living up to its billing. It is supposed to be a “closed” system, recycling air, water and waste, and receiving nothing from the outside but sunlight and electricity and computer and telephone communications....

The rapper also wore a suit that looked a lot like the one worn by LeBron James when he was selected No. 1 overall in the 2003 NBA draft. The music video also gave sports fans a new meme to use during the 2020 NBA playoffs. The meme can be seen during the 2:45 mark when Drake takes on Durant one-on-one. MORE: How to become a virtual fan, land on video board during 2020 NBA restart...

Winslet, 20, hugs everyone. Feels everything ferociously. Speaks so heatedly her cheeks turn red. And drinks cappuccinos back to back – decaffeinated, fortunately. She grew up near London, and apprenticed on British TV. Last year she appeared in the riveting true story “Heavenly Creatures,” playing a New Zealand girl who helped beat her friend’s mother to death with a brick. You’d think it was impossible to get all the way into the minds of girls like that....

The tense interception occurred in September 2018, when the guided missile destroyer USS Decatur was conducting a “freedom of navigation” operation in the contested waters of the South China Sea. It was met by the Chinese destroyer Lanzhou, which sailed alongside the American vessel and warned its crew to leave the area. The Chinese ship warned that the Americans would “suffer consequences” if they maintained their course. China claims the South China Sea as its own territorial waters, but the U....

Of all the genes linked to the disease so far, deCODE’s plays the largest role. More than a third of Americans carry one faulty and one normal copy of the gene; their risk of developing diabetes is 40 percent greater than those who carry two normal copies. For people with two flawed copies, inherited from both parents, the risk of diabetes is double the norm. (About 10 percent of Americans carry two bad copies....

“Virtually supported home food introduction now provides a new method to prevent the development of peanut allergy,” Girish Vitalpur, MD, pediatric allergist at Riley Children’s Hospital in Indiana, who was not involved with the report, tells Verywell. He says that “this process has been successful with patients and providers.” Typically, experts recommend that peanut introduction among children with a high risk for allergy should be conducted in person by a healthcare professional....

“i think that she’s a Hillary, a young, never having a bad hair day Hillary,” opines a person in a preview of “Tabloid: The Making of Ivanka Trump,” which debuts Monday. The podcast is “a full-life inquiry into the making of Ivanka Trump, from child of very public 1980s divorce to teenage party girl and then her trophy-collecting father’s very favorite trophy,” according to Luminary Media, which produced it with New York Magazine....

What was to be a pretty good show turned into one of the best shows of year featuring one of the best matches of 2019 with Kota Ibushi and Jay White taking you on an emotional rollar coaster ride and Ibushi coming out on top to win the tournament. The win puts Ibushi in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 14 on Jan. 4, 2020 against whomever the IWGP heavyweight champion is at that time....

In a Thursday afternoon tweet, Governor Murphy wrote, “We’ve lost an additional 460 New Jerseyans to #COVID19, bringing our total of loss of life to 7,228.” Thus far, New Jersey has experienced over 119,000 confirmed coronavirus cases. The state has reported over 2,000 newly confirmed cases each day since March 27. The state is the nation’s second-highest in terms of cases, just behind its neighbor New York. Although individual counties in New Jersey will decide whether to reopen their parks, all parking lots are only allowed to reach 50 percent capacity and neither picnics nor team sports are permitted....

Shortly after Durr was projected the winner in New Jersey’s 3rd Legislative District by the Associated Press on Thursday, several posts which included Islamophobic comments and comparisons of COVID-19 mandates to the Holocaust emerged. As first reported by NJ.com, Durr wrote a tweet in September 2019 in which he described Islam as a “false religion” and its prophet Muhammad a “pedophile.” “Only fools follow muslim teachings! It is a cult of hate,” Durr tweeted....

Firearms are heavily restricted on military installations, and the New Year’s Eve memorandum from the Marine Corps is among the first to respond so explicitly to a recent spate of mass shootings involving members of the military. Subject to specific credentialing, Marine Corps law enforcement personnel will now be allowed to partake in concealed carry while off duty, as opposed to merely during the performance of their official duties....

It always had been hypothetical before. Like, a booster might slip $100,000 into that figurative shoebox for the quarterback whom coach really wants to sign, but there never has been a guarantee the player would turn out to be a superstar. It’s not unprecedented for a five-star prospect to become a fifth-string washout. MORE: Top 16 college basketball programs since 2000 A school could gerrymander a defensive lineman’s grades so he’s available when otherwise he might not be, but it’s possible that player could tear up his knee and be unavailable for the big rivalry game....