David Botstein, Gene-Mapping Pioneer, Dies at 83
His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire,…
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LaGuardia Airport Cancels at Least 500 Flights After Crash: What to Know
A collision between a plane and a fire truck on the tarmac has disrupted travel to and from the busy…
New Top Prosecutor Named in Embattled U.S. Attorney’s Office
Federal judges appointed Robert Frazer to run New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, which has been in disarray over the past…
Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War
The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within…
Taiwan Debates Military Spending as Choices Over U.S. and China Loom
Tensions in the opposition Nationalist Party could surface this week as lawmakers argue over additional defense funding intended to counter…
Caught Between Two Conflicts, Afghans Flee Iran
The war in Iran is choking off Afghanistan’s main economic lifeline and has forced at least 70,000 Afghan workers and…
Lionel Jospin, Who Helped Set France on Socialist Path, Dies at 88
As prime minister beginning in 1997, he introduced a national 35-hour workweek and oversaw the replacement of the franc with…
Israel Says Its Own Artillery Killed a Farmer, Not a Hezbollah Rocket
Ofer Moskovitz, 60, an avocado farmer in a kibbutz on Israel’s border with Lebanon, was killed Sunday when the car…
Trump Is Digging Up Washington. Can Lawsuits Stop the Bulldozers?
As the president develops plans to fundamentally alter the White House, the Kennedy Center and other sites, federal lawsuits are…