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J. Craig Venter, who won the race to sequence the human genome, dies at 79
J. Craig Venter, who mapped the first draft of the human genome and helped scientists understand how genes shape our lives, died Wednesday. He was 79.Venter’s death was announced by the J. Craig Venter Institute, a genomics research group with locations in La Jolla, California, and Rockville, Maryland. The institute said he died in San Diego after being hospitalized for side effects from a recent cancer treatment.
In the 1990s Venter bet that he could use a different sequencing technique to speed up the process of decoding the human genome and beat an enormous... Read More
âMormon Wivesâ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each other
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son appeared in a Utah courtroom Thursday afternoon to present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other in a case that could determine who gets custody of their child.Both Paul and her former partner, Dakota Mortensen, have asked a Utah court to turn short-term protective orders into long-term arrangements as the two have accused each other of domestic violence. Both of their families were also in the courtroom, but no... Read More
FEMA workers who sounded alarm over nation's disaster preparedness reinstated after 8 months
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has moved to address staffing issues that triggered concern and uncertainty among and about its workforce, including reinstating employees put on leave for publicly opposing agency policies, and extending contracts for some workers whose terms were set to expire soon.Fourteen FEMA employees who signed a public letter of dissent last August sounding alarms about the nation's disaster preparedness were reinstated after being put on paid administrative leave for eight months, according to two FEMA staff members.
They were among over... Read More
Takeaways from Hegseth's first hearings in Congress since the start of Iran war
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared before Congress at a pair of hourslong hearings this week for the first time since the Trump administration went to war against Iran, with the Pentagon chief facing tough questions from skeptical Democrats.Hegseth seemed to emerge with solid Republican support over his leadership and handling of the war. But a few GOP lawmakers questioned his dismissal of a top Army general, while some sought assurances that the Pentagon is doing everything possible to prevent civilian deaths.
The hearings Wednesday and... Read More
The Onion's bid to take over Alex Jones' Infowars is in limbo as new court battles emerge
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Onion’s plan to take over the Infowars platforms that Alex Jones built into a bullhorn of conspiracy theories and turn them into parody sites was in limbo again Thursday, after a Texas court paused a proposed deal involving the satirical news outlet.Austin-based Infowars is facing liquidation because of the more than $1 billion in defamation lawsuit judgments Jones owes relatives of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting for calling the Connecticut massacre a hoax. The proposed licensing deal would give The Onion temporary authority... Read More
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- âMormon Wivesâ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each other
- Britney Spears charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs
- Harvey Weinstein's rape accuser questioned about the consensual part of their relationship
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- F1 returns at Miami after a 5-week break as FIA rolls out rule changes
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