PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is raising concerns over the Trump administration expanding a program that allows immigration enforcement agents to collect DNA from detained ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By the time Mubashir was allowed to prove who he was, it no longer mattered. In mid-December, the 20-year-old Minneapolis resident ...

With the growing number of immigration enforcement operations across the country, advocacy groups are demanding more transparency from the Department of Homeland Security, including its "little-known" ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is asking lawmakers to pass "Katie's Law" to require DNA be collected after certain arrests ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We thought there should be a way to collect minute pieces of evidence more efficiently than current DNA collection/sampling technology allows," said one of ...

(The Center Square) - Since the advent of DNA testing, law enforcement agencies have been able to prosecute crimes - and exonerate the wrongly convicted - with greater certainty than ever before.

The government plans to begin collecting DNA samples from anyone arrested by a federal law enforcement agency, a move intended to prevent violent crime but which also is raising concerns about privacy ...