People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

(NewsNation) — Immigration authorities are storing DNA from migrant children in an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit future crimes, according to a new report from Wired. The report ...

Investigators in the Nancy Guthrie case have turned to genetic genealogy as they try to make the most of potential DNA ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

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Earlier this month, state police in Connecticut held a “DNA drive” in an effort to help identify human remains found in the state. Family members of missing people were invited to submit DNA samples ...

A glove recovered near Nancy Guthrie's house appears to match a pair worn by a masked man caught on video the night Guthrie disappeared in Tucson, Ariz., the FBI says. The FBI received preliminary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police collect their officers' DNA to ensure they do not contaminate crime scenes [Getty Image] The Metropolitan Police is still ...

Maryland lawmakers are proposing to vastly expand the number of criminals who would be required to provide DNA samples to a state databank. Yesterday, a House committee considered legislation that ...

On the heels of Gov. Maura Healey's proposal to remove the statute of limitations for rape prosecutions when DNA evidence is present, a lawmaker and advocate for sexual assault survivors says it's ...