Playing Catch a Killer With a Room Full of Sleuths
At a forensic conference in California, law enforcement officials grappled with how to avoid destroying one of the field’s biggest innovations in decades.
View ArticleFlorida Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Deadly Parking Confrontation
The sheriff initially refused to arrest the gunman, who shot a man in front of his family, citing Stand Your Ground.
View ArticleColumbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day? Depends Where You Are
In the past year, at least five states and numerous cities and towns have joined a long list of places to formally recognize Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
View ArticleABC Apologizes for Showing Video From U.S. Gun Range in Report on Syria
The video appeared in a report on Turkish attacks in northern Syria. ABC News did not specify how the error had occurred.
View ArticleKamala Harris Calls for Attention on Reproductive Rights at Debate
Twelve Democratic presidential candidates shared the stage in Ohio for the fourth televised primary debate.
View ArticleBeto O’Rourke and Pete Buttigieg Battle Over Confiscating Assault Weapons
Twelve Democratic presidential candidates shared the stage in Ohio for the fourth televised primary debate.
View ArticleSon of Ron Ely, ‘Tarzan’ Actor, Kills Mother Before Police Shoot Him Dead,...
The killings took place at the Santa Barbara home that the actor shared with his wife.
View ArticleHikers Find Mystery Skeleton on Remote Mountain in California
The remnants of shoes and a belt found with the bones may offer investigators useful clues.
View ArticleAlways Removes Female Symbol From Sanitary Pads
The redesign was a response to requests from nonbinary and transgender customers.
View Article‘Tone Down Your Gayness’: Police Sergeant Is Awarded $20 Million in...
The sergeant, who is gay, had said the St. Louis County Police Department failed to promote him based on sex stereotyping and retaliated against him for filing a lawsuit.
View ArticleYour DNA Profile is Private? A Florida Judge Just Said Otherwise
Privacy experts say a warrant granted in Florida could set a precedent, opening up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies across the country.
View ArticleCha In-ha Becomes Third Young Korean Entertainer to Die in Two Months
The 27-year-old actor appears in a TV series that premiered just last week.
View ArticlePinterest and The Knot Pledge to Stop Promoting Plantation Weddings
Zola was also among five major websites that said they would cut back on promoting and romanticizing weddings at former slave plantations.
View ArticleWhen a DNA Test Says You’re a Younger Man, Who Lives 5,000 Miles Away
After a bone marrow transplant, a man with leukemia found that his donor’s DNA traveled to unexpected parts of his body. A crime lab is now studying the case.
View ArticleThe Case of a Man With Two Sets of DNA Raises More Questions
A crime lab studied a patient’s response to a bone marrow transplant. Readers requested more information about the perplexing findings.
View ArticleHallmark Channel Pulls Zola Ads Featuring Brides Kissing
A spokesman for the channel said the lesbian couple’s P.D.A. violated its policies. Hallmark did not reject a similar ad featuring an opposite-sex couple.
View ArticleWhat You’re Unwrapping When You Get a DNA Test for Christmas
To what extent is giving a DNA test also a present for law enforcement?
View ArticlePentagon Warns Military Personnel Against At-Home DNA Tests
The tests, from companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry, have become popular holiday gifts, but the military is warning service members of risks to their careers.
View ArticleThe F.A.A. Wants to Start Tracking Drones’ Locations
A proposal would require most drones flying in American airspace to include technology that would allow the government to keep tabs on them.
View ArticleHeadless Body in Cave Is Identified as 1916 Ax Murder Suspect
The case of Joseph Henry Loveless, who sawed his way out of jail in 1916, is among the oldest solved using genetic genealogy.
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