A joint investigation by USA Today, KARE 11 and other TEGNA stations nationwide reveals that tens of thousands of rape kits – including many in Minnesota – have never been tested.

DNA testing kits were among Amazon's bestsellers during last year's holiday shopping season, and with popularity expected to keep growing, Dr. Heather Zierhut from the University of Minnesota ...

In Minnesota's most ambitious effort to process untested rape kits, the Duluth Police Department has eliminated its entire backlog and submitted 415 kits for laboratory testing, a step that could ...

MINNEAPOLIS - A new report released Thursday states where Minnesota's nearly 3,500 untested rape kits are located and how much it would cost the state to test them all. A rape kit consists of ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --A Twin Cities family is dealing with the fallout from a popular holiday gift that promises to trace your roots. Now, WCCO shares their warning after a home DNA kit turned ...

A DNA testing was first used as a tool to identify criminals in Minnesota in 1989, when the state established a data bank of DNA profiles from adults and juveniles convicted of criminal sexual ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A Minnesota man was arrested Friday in connection with a 2005 sexual assault on Madison's east side, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced.