A new study is the first analysis to show both the sheer magnitude of firearm fatalities in the U.S. over the past 32 years and the growing disparities by race/ethnicity, age, and geographic location.
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A small public liberal arts college in Bergen County, New Jersey launched the world’s first investigative genetic genealogy center on Thursday.
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Skeletal remains found in 2004 are now known to be Rogers "Roger" Lee Ellis, missing in 1976 from Wisconsin Rapids.
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The researchers developed a new method to analyze and confirm the presence of fentanyl and a related analog called acetyl fentanyl in blood and urine at low levels that can still cause overdoses in people.
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Police forces are unable to keep pace with technology when it comes to digital forensics – and there is a backlog of more than 25,000 devices waiting to be examined, a new report has found.
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The remains of a human skeleton that were discovered on a footpath on the north Cornish coast may have belonged to a shipwrecked sailor.
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During initial processing, analysis, and identification—any subsequent attempts in the years to come—commingling of skeletal elements among individuals within the same common grave and between common graves likely occurred.
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The DNA profile—unknown at the time—was indicted as “John Doe #147” to ensure that the statute of limitations did not expire. John Doe #147 was charged with one count of rape.
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When experts talk about the “CSI Effect,” it almost always has a negative connotation. But, television shows and characters mean different things to different people.
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A bespoke digital forensics research facility has mirrored the same technology behind a Faraday Cage on a larger scale to research and develop new techniques to combat digital crime.
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