A Massachusetts bill would require annual audits of “owed” DNA from convicted felons, closing gaps in a key crime-solving database that advocates say have left survivors without justice and ...

With the rise of DNA ancestry tests, it’s easier than ever to learn about your family history and connections. Today, there are many DNA testing services to choose from. They're easy to use. You’ll ...

A recent cold case that was solved in Pierce County is highlighting the importance of CODIS ― The Combined DNA Index System — that lets federal, state, and local forensic labs exchange and compare DNA ...

Tyrone Williams raped, sodomized, sexually assaulted and robbed more than seven women across three boroughs over a span of five months, starting in 2003. Williams was eventually captured and sentenced ...

GEDmatch's new "opt-in" policy went into effect on Sunday. A change to GEDmatch, a third-party genealogy site that's helped crack cold cases through user's DNA, may hinder law enforcement's ability to ...

Genetic information company 23andMe has said that it is headed to bankruptcy court, raising questions for what happens to the DNA shared by millions of people with the company via saliva test kits.

A national DNA database is helping to solve new and old crimes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations manages the CODIS system for law enforcement across our state, allowing police ...

PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Monday toward building a database of the DNA of anyone arrested for anything at all. On a 5-1 vote, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to require ...

The failure of Scottish policing bodies to record the ethnicity of arrested people it takes DNA samples from means there is no way of establishing whether minority groups are over-represented in ...