Despite the strong objection from Massacre survivors, descendants, and community-led Tulsa Mass Graves Oversight Committee, the City of Tulsa abruptly reburied the bodies without delivering an investigative report into the deaths or allowing for the remains to receive a proper community-led burial ceremony.
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Nearly 30 years after an infant girl’s stabbed body was found floating on a South Carolina river, authorities announced the arrest Tuesday of the child’s mother.
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The improved algorithm path planning algorithm found successful paths three times as often as standard algorithms, while needing much less processing time.
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Research suggests investment in structurally damaged homes in low-income and minority neighborhoods is associated with reduced crime and improved public health.
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Earlier this month, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department released body camera footage of an officer overdosing after coming into contact with fentanyl. They called it a “public safety video.” A group of 400+ doctors and experts called it misinformation.
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In two recent papers, researchers found AI was better at assessing footprints than general forensic scientists, but not better than specific footprint experts.
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Researchers have created an open-access computer program for estimating the age of skeletal remains that outperforms current methods.
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The National Association of Medical Examiners (NAME) granted the Denver Office of the Medical Examiner (OME) full accreditation, calling it one of the best medical examiner offices in the country.
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Research published in the journal Psychology, Crime & Law suggests a new, low-cost approach that could potentially reduce antisocial behaviour and crime.
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The new method is based on the development of aptamers, single-stranded DNA molecules capable of selectively binding to a given target.
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