King Richard III's involvement in one of the most notorious and emotive mysteries in English history may be a step closer to being confirmed following a new study. read more

The Oregon State Police’s Medical Examiner’s Office worked with multiple agencies to successfully identify remains after more than 40 years. read more

Police in Oregon can no longer arrest someone for possession of small amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone and other drugs as a ballot measure that decriminalized them took effect on Monday. read more

Philadelphia has a “zombie drug” problem, and experts are concerned it is going to start rapidly spreading to other parts of the U.S.—just as the drug infiltrated the City of Brotherly Love from Puerto Rico about 5 years ago. read more

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin said he plans to file murder charges against two men arrested last week for the attempted robbery and fatal attack on famed private investigator Jack Palladino. read more

The software company SolarWinds unwittingly allowed hackers’ code into thousands of federal computers. A cybersecurity system called in-toto, which the government paid to develop but never required, might have protected against this. read more

Forensic anthropologists know that race isn’t based in biological fact, but in a history and culture that assigns meaning to physical traits that occur among different human populations. Why, then, are they still relying on a tool from the field’s negative roots in “race science”? read more

A forensic dentist and local artist assisted with the creation of a composite photo. There are also photos of a backpack and shoes found at the scene. read more

In a letter to Nature Biotechnology, cyber-researchers at Ben-Gurion University (Israel) have expressed their concern with the seemingly “easy” way biologists can be tricked into producing dangerous toxins in their labs through the use of malware. read more

Sheth is among an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, applied mathematicians, and chemists working to develop a single-cell pipeline based on sound analytical and statistical principles. read more