DNA evidence that once took days to process could now provide a break in a case in just 90 minutes. The state police have expanded their Rapid DNA program, implementing 15 fully automated genetic ...

(WHTM) – The Pennsylvania State Police recently launched a rapid DNA program to solve cases faster. Troopers say this new technology provides accuracy, fairness, and better outcomes for the community.

Part of the legacy of Tony Rackauckas’ 20-year run as Orange County District Attorney could be found in the fibers of a cotton swab. By convincing people suspected of low-level crimes to swab their ...

The Orange County District Attorney’s DNA collection program has solved crimes that would have never been solved. Murder charges were filed against two brothers in 2009 for strangling a woman to death ...

An appellate court has revived a lawsuit challenging the Orange County district attorney’s unregulated DNA program, which offers leniency to low-level defendants who “volunteer” to give their genetic ...

MILTON, Pa. — It's been two months since the Pennsylvania State Police rolled out a new Rapid DNA program. Trooper Sara Barrett says there was a reason this was needed. "This is done so that we can ...

61 years ago today, the molecular structure of DNA was revealed to the world in the pages of Nature. The double helix is now emblematic of the programming language of life, and our understanding of ...

Many Black people in the U.S. cannot trace their ancestry because earlier generations of their family were enslaved. But an Illinois program is changing what’s possible and connecting long-lost family ...