Remains found during an excavation connected to a cold case in Watertown have been sent to a forensic lab for analysis, according to investigators.
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Imagine you are an officer en route to a critical call for service. You look down for a moment at your mobile data terminal for an important message from dispatch, and immediately return your focus on the road. In that split second, a civilian motorist crosses into your travel lane and forces you to react.
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Family members of Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger Jr. have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system for failing to protect Bulger, who was beaten to death at a West Virginia prison.
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A recent decision by the Executive Committee of AAFS to eliminate an important and productive diversity committee—and my consequent resignation as Chair of the AAFS Diversity Outreach Committee—has sparked intense discussions in the forensic community.
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For centuries, historians and scientists mostly agreed that when early human groups sought food, men hunted and women gathered. However, a 9,000-year-old female hunter burial in the Andes Mountains of South America reveals a different story.
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The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate has awarded $2 million to the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute to develop a plan that CISA can execute to build a national network of cybersecurity technical institutes.
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After nearly a year of in-depth research, which was slowed by COVID-19 and some enforcement agencies choosing not to participate, Arizona got its clearest picture to date of the increasing crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
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The head of Kentucky State Police is stepping down days after a report surfaced about old training materials the agency used that encouraged cadets to be “ruthless” and quoted Adolf Hitler.
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Depending on who is assembling them, pipe bombs can be a treasure trove of forensic information. Even the most careful bomber is likely to leave behind genetic material that could be used to identify them, including DNA through sweat, saliva, hair or skin cells. There could also be fingerprints.
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The proposal outlines a plan that includes working with Penn State University Park and Commonwealth Campuses and other higher education institutions throughout Pennsylvania.
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