James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix who later courted controversy, dead at 97

Five suspects arrested in $102M Louvre jewel heist Paris police arrested five more suspects in $102M Louvre jewel heist, with DNA linking one to the scene. James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation for the biotechnology revolution of the late 20th century, has died at the age of 97. His death was confirmed by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on