A new technology can take any DNA sample from a crime scene – from a drop of blood to bone tissue – and read tens of thousands of genetic variants to predict a facial image.

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Though the decision came two days later, a trial judge validly declared a mistrial in a Prince George’s County murder case because defense counsel had said, in opening statements, that the accused offered to take a polygraph, or lie detector test, Maryland’s top court unanimously held.

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ELKTON  — Maryland prosecutors are dropping drug charges against a Port Deposit man accused of raping and killing a 10-year-old Cecil County girl. Cecil County State’s Attorney Ellis Rollins told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he has instructed his ...

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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Police in Nicaragua have detained a U.S. man who was on the FBI’s 10 most-wanted fugitives as a suspect in a child pornography investigation, authorities confirmed Monday. Former school teacher Eric Justin Toth was detained Saturday in ...

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A Germantown man acquitted of disarming a police officer has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Montgomery County, claiming the officer used excessive force in shooting him five times during that altercation, including three times after he had blacked out.

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FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge says the Army psychiatrist charged in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage must be clean-shaven or will be forcibly shaved before his murder trial. Col. Gregory Gross issued the official order Thursday after ...

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A 15-year-old student opened fire on the first day of classes at a Baltimore County high school Monday, getting off two shots and wounding a classmate before being rushed by teachers, authorities said. The assailant was taken into custody after ...

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WASHINGTON — A Virginia man opposed to the politics of a conservative lobbying group was indicted Wednesday on charges stemming from the shooting of a security guard at the group’s Washington headquarters. A grand jury indicted Floyd Lee Corkins II, ...

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WASHINGTON — A man suspected of shooting and wounding a security guard at the headquarters of a Christian lobbying group on Wednesday made a negative reference about the organization’s work before opening fire, a law enforcement official said. Police said ...

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FORT HOOD, Texas — The trial for an Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting was put on hold Wednesday by an appeals court considering his objections to being forcibly shaved. Maj. Nidal Hasan had been scheduled ...

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