HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Changes to a DNA database will likely affect cold case investigations. The site Ancestry.com ...

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 ...

Here's a scenario: police take a blood sample from a crime scene. They compare the DNA to that of convicted criminals, but get no match. But they find someone with similar DNA, and that leads them to ...

The FBI has approved a new DNA database system that will expedite the process of matching various DNA samples to identities. Law enforcement booking stations will use the new Thermo Fisher Scientific ...

A private company was thanked by cops for helping identify a suspect in the Faith Hedgepeth case. But is law enforcement’s use of public DNA databases ethical? This is the N&O’s special report. When ...

DIVIDED IN A FIGHT PITTING PRIVACY AGAINST CUTTING-EDGE DNA TECHNOLOGY. EMILY: IT’S A BATTLE THAT’S BEEN BEHIND THE SCENES UNTIL NOW. 5 INVESTIGATES’ KAREN ANDERSON HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR ...

23andMe, born from the techno-optimism of the Human Genome Project, revolutionized direct-to-consumer genetic testing. But with its valuation now in freefall, mounting layoffs and its board resigning ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The Legal Aid Society filed a class-action lawsuit Monday against city officials and the NYPD over the illegal seizure and storage of DNA material by police from New Yorkers who are ...