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The declaration was made by Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas while granting anticipatory bail to a 27-year-old man from Malappuram ...

Naikishia L. Williams, 31, was arrested June 26 and is charged with first-degree murder after the death of her daughter, ...

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A university pathology museum has in its collection specimens possibly retained from coronial autopsies without consent. It has prompted an unprecedented investigation by a Tasmanian coroner, and has ...

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After some partisan debates, the House and Senate approved nearly 40 bills on the final regular business day of the 2025 legislative session, including one to make evictions easier and two that would ...

Scientific organizations recently called for a 10-year ban on human germline editing. But will we ever be ready? And how ...

The court ruled that keeping leftover blood spots and making them available for outside research is not a constitutional ...