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Suspect Identified in Four Cold Case Killings, 40 Years Later
Authorities identified a man Friday who they say killed four women in the Denver, Colorado area four decades ago after a technological breakthrough helped solve a series of cold cases that had long eluded investigators.
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Omicron Is Prompting New Rules for International Travel to the U.S. Here's What You Need to Know
Starting Monday, inbound travelers to the U.S., including citizens, have to make time and budget for Covid tests closer to their departure date.
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Ex-Soldier Convicted of Teen's 1982 Murder Can't Get DNA Test
A U.S. appeals court ruling urges Congress to correct a disparity that doesn’t allow members of the military convicted by a court-martial the same avenues as civilian prisoners to seek DNA testing that could exonerate them.
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Just 7% of Our DNA Is Unique to Modern Humans: Study
A study published Friday in the journal Science Advances shows that just a sliver of our genome is uniquely shared with other humans, and not shared by other extinct groups like Neanderthals and Denisovans
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Retested DNA Leads to Arrest in 1999 California Kidnap, Rape Case
More than 20 years after a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped and raped by a man in Escondido, an arrest has been made in the heinous case that was once cold, police announced Thursday.
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DNA Leads to Arrest For 2003 Rapes in Southern California
A California man accused of raping two women more than 15 years ago was arrested after DNA evidence from an alleged assault in December linked him to at least one of the earlier crimes, a newspaper reported.
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Was Christopher Columbus Italian or Spanish? Scientists Are Using Explorer's DNA to Find Out
Was Christopher Columbus really from Genoa, in Italy
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Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1980s Murders of Two 6-Year-Old Boys
A convicted sex offender was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murders of two 6-year-old Southern California boys in the 1980s.
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Woman's DNA Search for Her Biological Parents Helps ID 1980 Murder Victims
Authorities have finally identified two homicide victims who were found in the Southern California desert in 1980 and linked to a man imprisoned for murder in Mississippi.