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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 ...

A private company was thanked by cops for helping identify a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth case. But is law enforcement’s use of public DNA databases ethical? This is the N&O’s special report. When ...

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 ...

I’M A FUGITIVE OF JUSTICE. FOR WHAT? THAT I CAN’T TELL YOU. YOU’RE LISTENING TO SERIAL RAPIST IVAN KEEFE, FINALLY CAUGHT IN 2019 AFTER HIDING IN MAINE FOR 16 YEARS. HAVE YOU BEEN WAITING FOR THIS?

"If I'm a male in Erie County and I'm the victim of a crime, it's almost as if the county is further violating my trust by surreptitiously entering my DNA into a government database without my ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, state police in Connecticut held a “DNA drive” in an effort to help identify human remains found in the state. Family members of missing people were invited to submit DNA samples ...

France’s trove of DNA profiles has helped solve high-profile crimes and was used to find some of the Louvre suspects, and it is growing. The police can also access other countries’ databases. By ...

Home DNA tests are an accessible way to gain an extensive understanding of your heritage, family history and diaspora. Tests are becoming increasingly affordable and genetic databases are expanding ...