CODIS, which stands for “Combined DNA Index System,” is a database consisting of DNA from convicted offenders, unsolved crime ...

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office made a significant breakthrough in a yearlong murder investigation that had seen little ...

By expanding federal agents' authority to collect the DNA of immigrant detainees, the government has risked violating ...

For years, Customs and Border Protection agents have been quietly harvesting DNA from American citizens, including minors, ...

A national DNA database is helping to solve new and old crimes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations manages the CODIS system for law enforcement across our state, allowing police ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Louisiana's first attempt to get a handle on how many untested sexual assault kits are in the state resulted in an incomplete inventory of them, as a WWL-TV investigation first revealed ...

(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 ...