New York City lawmakers approved an austere budget early Wednesday that will shift $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year.
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This week, detectives solved Kelly Ann Prosser’s case through genetic genealogy, nearly 38 years after she vanished walking home from school on September 20, 1982.
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For Lydell Grant, acknowledgment that he was wrongfully convicted of murder has only meant purgatory, nearly seven months of it. He is neither free nor behind bars, nor can he restart his life.
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DeAngelo, 74, did not cooperate with authorities. But he muttered a confession of sorts after his arrest that cryptically referred to an alter ego named “Jerry” that he said forced him to commit the wave of crimes that appeared to end abruptly in 1986.
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Genetic genealogy has undoubtedly revolutionized forensic work, making its largest impact in cold case investigations.
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The 2020 update sees the addition of more than 14,000 human and plant metabolites, including over 40 new fentanyl analogs.
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Research into microalgae on clothing is advancing the understanding of forensic investigations into crime-related deaths that have occurred in water bodies.
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The goal is to identify and return remains from everyone onboard the C-124 Globemaster, which smashed into Mount Gannett north of Anchorage on Nov. 22, 1952, killing all 41 passengers and 11 crew members.
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When Anna Chapman moved to Manhattan in 2009, she told her new friends she worked as a realtor. A few months later, an FBI investigation revealed Chapman’s secret—she was a Russian spy.
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Industry, academia, laboratories, and the innovation community are invited to submit proposals related to four technology categories.
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