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 …

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US Judge Rejects Trump Administration’s Halt on Immigration Applications

BOSTON, April 30 (Reuters) – A federal judge on ⁠Thursday ⁠ruled that policies that make it ⁠harder for people from countries on President Donald Trump’s travel ban list ​to get green cards and work permits are discriminatory and unlawful. U.S. District Judge Julia Kobick in Boston reached that ‌conclusion as she issued a preliminary ‌injunction …

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Russian Attack Hit Port Infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa Region, Officials Say

May 1 (Reuters) – A ⁠Russian ⁠drone attack ⁠overnight damaged port infrastructure in ​Ukraine’s southern Odesa region and ‌wounded two people ‌in the city ⁠of ⁠Odesa, regional governor Oleh Kiper said on ​Friday. In Odesa, an apartment was destroyed and the roof ​caught fire following strikes on ⁠a 16-storey ⁠building. In another ⁠high-rise, ​the fire …

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