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SAN FRANCISCOSAN FRANCISCO — Supervisors in San Francisco approved legislation prohibiting police from storing DNA obtained from rape kits and other crime scene evidence in city-run databases for more ...

(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report ...

(CNN) -- In the early 2000s, genetic testing emerged as a direct-to-consumer product that did not require a physician's involvement and the consequences of this shift could impact everyone. More than ...

Here's a scenario: police take a blood sample from a crime scene. They compare the DNA to that of convicted criminals, but get no match. But they find someone with similar DNA, and that leads them to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- As 28-year-old Bryan Kohberger awaits extradition to Idaho to face murder charges, questions are mounting about how police were able to name their suspect in the high-profile ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced the addition of nearly 2,700 DNA samples from criminal offenders to a national law enforcement database on Wednesday. According to ...

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday pushed forward a bill that would require arrestees to provide a DNA sample upon arrest. Senate Bill 422 amends the current law, ...

In the time it takes to process thousands of tips and chase down leads, serial offenders can strike again. That's why forensic expert David Mittelman is arguing the rapid DNA breakthroughs in the ...

Forcing felons to give up their DNA solved a 2½-year-old robbery, Lincoln police said. Mitchell Christopher Walton of Omaha gave authorities a DNA sample in March because a 2010 law requires all ...

Individuals arrested for a felony crime in Indiana already are required to provide a DNA sample during the booking process, along with the traditional mugshot photograph, fingerprint record and the ...