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St. Louis Decertifies 5 Firms That Claimed Cherokee Ancestry to Get Minority Contracts – Riverfront Times

St. Louis Decertifies 5 Firms That Claimed Cherokee Ancestry to Get Minority Contracts  Riverfront Times

St. Louis has removed five businesses from its list of certified minority-owned firms. The move comes after those companies were featured in a massive L.A….

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Man nabbed through novel DNA technique pleads guilty to murder – ABC News

Man nabbed through novel DNA technique pleads guilty to murder  ABC News

A Maryland man nabbed for murder through DNA and genetic genealogy has pleaded guilty to the crime — shooting a man during a home invasion who died five …

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Biblical Philistines—archenemies of ancient Israelites—hailed from Europe, DNA reveals – Science Magazine

Biblical Philistines—archenemies of ancient Israelites—hailed from Europe, DNA reveals  Science Magazine

As a schoolgirl in Israel, Michal Feldman learned that the ancient Philistines, who lived between present-day Tel Aviv and Gaza during the Iron Age, were “the …

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‘This Is Just A Natural Part Of Our DNA’: Meet America’s Best Employers For Women 2019 – Forbes

‘This Is Just A Natural Part Of Our DNA’: Meet America’s Best Employers For Women 2019  Forbes

Women have made undeniable strides toward workplace equality in recent years, but for every step forward, much of corporate America has lagged behind.

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Conviction in 1987 killings result of use of DNA, family tree – Peninsula Daily News

Conviction in 1987 killings result of use of DNA, family tree  Peninsula Daily News

The Associated Press. EVERETT — A jury has convicted a Sea Tac man of the killings of a young Canadian couple more than three decades ago — a case that …

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‘Her death is not her fault’: Friends of slain Utah student condemn victim-blaming – The Washington Post

‘Her death is not her fault’: Friends of slain Utah student condemn victim-blaming  The Washington Post

Since the day Mackenzie Lueck disappeared, her friends have been in front of the story, advocating on behalf of the 23-year-old University of Utah student to …

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Man lays claim to Saitoti’s son, seeks DNA test – The Standard

Man lays claim to Saitoti’s son, seeks DNA test  The Standard

He said it was until July 2012, during the burial of Saitoti, that he saw Musengi and recognised him as his lost son.