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The role of forensic science in solving true crime cases

You’ve seen it countless times. Police scope out the scene of a crime and find a piece of evidence: a strand of hair, a blood sample, a bullet casing. It goes to the lab, and after forensic scientists analyze it, the evidence helps land the perpetrator in jail. Or, that is how forensic science is depicted in “CSI” or “Law …

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Salman Rushdie in 1st interview about nearly-fatal knife attack: 'I feel more the presence of death'

Award-winning novelist Sir Salman Rushdie opened up for the first time about the attack that nearly ended his life in 2022, calling his survival a “miracle.” “How does somebody who doesn’t believe in the supernatural account for the fact that something has happened, which feels like a miracle?” Rushdie told “60 Minutes” host Anderson Cooper during a segment that aired …

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Prominent Bahamas politician killed during robbery attempt near Nassau

A well-known politician in the Bahamas was killed when two gunmen opened fire on a group of people while trying to rob them, police said Thursday. Don Saunders, a former parliamentarian and the deputy chairman of the Free National Movement Party, died at the scene late Wednesday, according to officials. He was 49. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 ASSASSINATION …

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4 sentenced to death for 2013 assassination of Tunisian politician

A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges stemming from the murder of a left-wing politician, a public prosecutor said Wednesday. Chokri Belaid, the 48-year-old leader of the Popular Front coalition, was shot in his car outside his home in Tunis in February 2013. His assassination, the country’s first in decades, prompted …

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