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Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst has been put on paid temporary leave after being sued by his accuser. The decision was made by the Manville Borough Council during an emergency meeting Thursday. The employee, who has not been publicly identified, has accused Herbst of various sexual abuses, including rape. Her lawsuit filed against the police chief claims that he engaged in a “prolonged pattern and practice of abhorrent sexual harassment” since 2008, according to local news website NJ....

Researchers now claim they’ve found a solution: a dietary supplement called NADH (sold as ENADAlert), which many people swear by to boost energy and brain power. A new study of 35 travelers shows that those who took NADH, which gained attention last year for its positive effects on chronic fatigue syndrome, performed significantly better on attention and memory tests than those who took placebos. Some caveats: Subjects took one cross-country flight–nothing compared to the hours many business travelers log....

The Centre Daily Times reported Wednesday that the case was filed in Philadelphia last month by Williamsport attorney Bret Southard. The lawsuit claims Sandusky abused the boy at the time of a shopping trip in 2008 or 2009, and after they attended a Penn State game in 2008 against Coastal Carolina University. Southard tells the paper his client represents a new case. Penn State previously settled 26 cases for nearly $60 million....

The Urban Taqueria restaurant, which has recently opened in Albuquerque, offers its customers a range of burritos with names including “Lock Her Up,” “The Wall,” and tacos called “Bad Hombre” and “The Immigrant.” The restaurant has caused outcry for its menu, which also has names such as “The Mueller,” “Popular Vote” and “Under Audit,” but its owner denied that they are purposely trying to offend people. “Ninety-nine percent of the people who walk in, more than 99 percent, don’t seem to have an issue with it,” Hanif Mohamed, owner of Urban Taqueria, told KOAT....

As reported by the Santa Fe New Mexican, a photo of Lujan was uploaded onto his wife’s Instagram account showing him displaying the “OK” hand gesture, a symbol which has links to white supremacy and the far-right due to an online troll campaign from controversial message board site 4Chan. The photo of Lujan flashing the symbol has since been deleted by his wife, Julie Casado. According to Amanda Martinez, the Santa Fe New Mexican reporter who first covered the story, Casado’s Instagram account has since been set to private....

A new rule, 7.13, was adopted by MLB and the players' association on a one-year experimental basis, the sides said Monday. A comment attached to the rule states "the failure by the runner to make an effort to touch the plate, the runner's lowering of the shoulder, or the runner's pushing through with his hands, elbows or arms, would support a determination that the runner deviated from the pathway in order to initiate contact with the catcher in violation....

In its latest financial report, Nintendo top brass included a line that states a new Switch model isn’t coming this year. “Please note that we have no plans to launch a new Nintendo Switch model during 2020,” the document reads. This goes against the latest in a long line of speculation dating back to 2018. Taiwanese site DigiTimes reported that production of a new Switch model would begin by the end of the first quarter of 2020....

Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the city’s health director, said the mandate goes into effect on Wednesday at 6 a.m. and will apply to people participating at events in the city, including annual Mardi Gras balls taking place later in February. Despite the rising COVID-19 cases, the city kicked off its Carnival season last Thursday, returning from a hiatus in 2021. However, Avegno said the state’s COVID-19 hospitalization numbers have increased “by a factor of seven” in three weeks....

Now, researchers at Northwestern University and George Washington University have created a temporary pacemaker that dissolves in place and is reabsorbed by the body when it’s no longer needed, making surgery to remove it unnecessarily. Their findings were published in Nature Biotechnology last month. Fred Kusumoto, MD, president of the Heart Rhythm Society, calls the pacemaker “an exciting and innovative advance." Kusumoto was not involved in the study. Disappearing Act The new dissolvable pacemaker is a small, flat, patch-like device that is placed on the surface of the heart and sutured in place....

For most of the 144 years since then, the military has stuck with similarly crude techniques for treating its soldiers’ pain. Morphine, also given to Jackson and many others in the Civil War, is still the Army’s most commonly used painkilling drug. It works, but compared with more-modern options, it’s one step above chloroform and two above biting the bullet. Now, though, with casualties mounting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military is being forced to change its strategy....

Vivaldi, a web browser developed by a tech company in Norway, is now available for download in the Polestar 2 electric car in all North American, European and Asia Pacific markets. Polestar 2 is the first auto to carry the browser, which could be coming to other Android Automotive operating systems in the future. “Now there is basically no limit to the web content you can explore in Polestar 2,” Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath said in a press release....

The first batch of papers focuses on four crucial genes in mice that control cell development by regulating the activities of other genes. By artificially activating these four genes in adult mouse skin cells, three separate teams of scientists were able to “reprogram” the cells—giving them all the flexibility of embryonic stem cells, which can develop into any of the dozens of tissue types found in the body. The new quasi-embryonic stem cells, which researchers have dubbed “induced pluripotent stem cells,” are “virtually identical to a regular embryonic stem cell … in every way we know how to test,” said Marius Wernig, a postdoctoral researcher who was part of the team from MIT’s Whitehead Institute....

Scientists say the batteries would allow EVs to travel further on a single charge in cold temperatures - and they would be less prone to overheating in hot climates. This would result in less frequent charging for EV drivers as well as give the batteries a longer life. The American research team created a new substance that is chemically more resistant to extreme temperatures and adding it to high-energy lithium batteries....

MORE: SN’s “Ideal” Mock Draft | Massive draft regrets According to general manager Jon Robinson, the discussions have increased, and multiple teams want to be higher in the draft pecking order. “I would say that with each day we inch closer to the draft, the discussions probably become a little bit more serious, if you will,” Robinson said Wednesday, via The Tennesseean. “That’s something we’re going back and forth with....

Officials with the World Baseball Softball Confederation on Monday announced the Premier 12 Tournament, which will match the top 12 baseball teams in the world from Nov. 8-21. The Associated Press reports Taiwan will host the round-robin portion and the quarterfinals. The semifinal, bronze and gold medal games will be held in the Tokyo Dome. MORE: MLB All-Stars tour Japan | Boston bid a blessing and a curse | What it’s like to win, lose in Olympics...

On my desk is a small reproduction of a picture called ““Winter Scene in Brooklyn,’’ painted by one Peter Gay between 1817 and 1820. The work is a direct imitation of Pieter Brueghel’s paintings of village life in the Low Countries, complete with stacks of logs, horse-drawn sleighs, chickens pecking at a few seeds of corn and–nice Brueghelian touch–a young boy, flat on his back with his legs in the air, having slipped on the ice....

According to The New York Times, the removal was due to concerns raised by some Black and Latino Council members about Jefferson’s ownership of slaves. The discussion gained traction over the past year as the country has taken into account other monuments that reflected similar messages. “We’re not being revisionist. We’re not waging a war on history,” Inez Barron said during a public meeting. “We’re saying that we want to make sure the whole story is told—that there are no half-truths and that we are not perpetrating lies....

Medina has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester after impressing with Club Libertad in his native Paraguay, but will begin his time with City Football Group in MLS. The 20-year-old becomes the MLS franchise’s third designated player after signing a four-year contract, his move subject to him obtaining a visa. NYCFC coach and Arsenal legend Patrick Vieria is excited to have Medina in his ranks for the new season and expects him to have a big impact....

NYCFC is third in the Eastern Conference, a point behind joint leaders Atlanta United and Philadelphia Union. Domènec Torrent’s men, however, have two games in hand over United and one over the Union. NYCFC also has two games in hand over the Red Bulls, who sit in fourth place, three points behind their New York rivals and seven points ahead of Orlando City, the first team outside the playoffs picture at the time of writing....

“Two weeks ago, I was feeling back pain. A lot of back pain. And then one night I had really bad chest pain,” the nurse, who did not reveal her identity, said in an interview with CNN reporter Elizabeth Cohen. “I was told the hospital was not testing staff. That’s what I was told when I asked about getting tested.” The nurse also revealed that she wore the same mask and gown for an entire day of work, even while having to move between several patients....