DNA is the blueprint of the human body. However, tens of thousands of DNA lesions occur in our bodies every day. In ...

Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Senior producer, CBS News Investigative Unit Pat Milton, an award-winning ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit ...

FedEx driver Tanner Horner who kidnapped and killed seven-year-old Athena Strand has been sentenced to death by lethal injection.

Athena Strand’s mother wore all black as the 7-year-old’s heartless killer was sentenced to death — one of the rare times during the disturbing case that she didn’t wear pink, her late daughter’s ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral population in Africa. By analyzing genetic data from diverse modern African ...

Lauren Crawford joined the CBS News Texas team in July of 2023. Born in Fort Worth and raised in Keller, she is thrilled to be home and telling stories that make a difference in the community. She's a ...

Previous Trial Coverage: Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | Day 8 | Day 9-11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18 | Day 19 | Day 20 A jury sentenced the ...

A former FedEx driver pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a 7-year-old girl after delivering what would have been her Christmas gift, but the prosecution and defense told conflicting stories ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers stumbled upon a bizarre genetic code in a microscopic pond organism.