In nearly four years, a national DNA database — which is shared with law enforcement agencies nationwide — added more than 1.5 million noncitizen profiles. (Elana Marie / For De Los ) Routine ...

NEW strict customs laws have gone into effect, allowing government officials to request tourists’ DNA in some cases. The new ...

In April 2018, a remarkable event occurred that forever impacted criminal investigations. The Golden State Killer was finally arrested. And, more interestingly, was the method law enforcement used to ...

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

Chinese authorities have been gathering DNA samples across Tibet, including from kindergarten children without the apparent consent of their parents, rights monitor organization Human Rights Watch ...

The Trump administration is moving to begin collecting DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people booked into federal immigration custody each year for entry into a national criminal database, ...

Donald Trump‘s administration is planning to expand the collection of DNA from migrants who cross into the US, and to store the data in a huge criminal database run by the FBI. The plan is separate ...

The move toward mass DNA testing has alarmed civil liberties advocates. The Trump administration revealed this week that it plans to begin taking DNA from detained migrants to track them in a national ...

With anger rising over the horrific rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital, the report of the DNA samples collected from the victim's body and the accused will likely ...

The best home DNA kits provide us a window into our ancestry, genetic traits, and overall health. They can trace family roots, reveal inherited characteristics, and even help you discover distant ...

The proof-of-concept study, published in the journal PeerJ, opens up potential for new ecological, health and forensic applications of environmental DNA (eDNA), which to-date has mainly been used to ...

LOS ANGELES — Routine collection of immigrants’ DNA by federal authorities has ballooned since 2020, with a 50-fold spike in the number of samples held in a national database of the sensitive genetic ...