U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Peter Welch (D-VT) on Thursday introduced the Carla Walker Act, which would dedicate existing federal grant funds to support forensic genetic genealogy (FGG) DNA analysis and help solve previously unsolvable cold cases. The bill is named for Carla Walker, a Fort Worth native whose murderer was finally identified 46 …
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30-year Mystery of Bone Fragments Washing Up on Several NJ Beaches Finally Solved by Group of College Kids
Various bones that washed up on New Jersey beaches starting 30 years ago were finally determined to belong to the captain of a 19th-century shipwreck, officials revealed Wednesday. The remains found on several South Jersey shorelines between 1995 and 2013 were connected to Henry Goodsell, the 29-year-old captain of the doomed schooner Oriental, according to the …
From the National Archives: “Casting Light” Exhibit, Paintings by President Bush, New Tagging Mission, and VIP Visitors
The following is a press release from the (U.S.) National Archived and Records Administration: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. You can see iconic images from the conflict in “Casting Light: Photographs of the Vietnam War” at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum. This …