A judge ordered Tuesday that a court of inquiry -- a rarely used investigative tool -- be convened here next month to probe questions connected to the Houston Police Department's suspended DNA ...

Why did we have an inquiry? It all started when Queensland police requested further testing on some samples where the Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services lab (QHFSS) had reported ...

The family of a young woman stabbed to death in a frenzied knife attack metres away from her doorstep refuse to give up hope she will finally get justice after a series of systematic failings.

Therese O’Connor, an employee relations worker for Queensland Health at the time a lab bungle over DNA testing emerged, offered a blistering assessment of the Forensic and Scientific Services’ working ...

Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal's refusal to disqualify his office from any grand jury investigation of the Houston Police Department's crime lab may be the last word unless the judges ...

The health department’s lab, run by a prolific liar who oversaw scientific vandalism during her 15 years as manager, mishandled evidence and compromised thousands of criminal cases. These and other ...

The surge in cases sparked calls for the second inquiry, which Health Minister Shannon Fentiman is expected to announce on Thursday. Retired Federal Court judge Annabelle Bennett SC will be appointed ...

The Biden administration ended an inquiry into a possible connection between the origins of the novel coronavirus and a lab in Wuhan, a CNN report published Tuesday claims. The State Department ...

The forensic lab, a major focus in The Australian’s Shandee’s Story investigative podcast series about the unsolved 2013 murder of a young woman, has been put on notice by the royal commission-style ...

A probe into Queensland’s troubled forensic laboratory has zeroed in on the lab’s failure to obtain DNA from the unsolved murder of a young woman in Mackay. Potential problems with the lab came to ...

After mounting concerns about DNA testing at the state-run forensics lab, the Queensland government has announced a commission of inquiry. This is a royal-commission-style inquiry with the power to ...