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Biden wraps up Ireland trip at Catholic shrine
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» DUBLIN: US President Joe Biden was winding down an emotive visit to Ireland with a visit Friday to the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site in Knock, before delving deeper into his Irish family history.
US 'Golden State Killer' jailed for life
AFP, Published on 22/08/2020
» SACRAMENTO - A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Friday, as he finally apologized to his victims for a brutal decade-long crime spree that terrorized California.
US 'Golden State Killer' jailed for life
AFP, Published on 22/08/2020
» SACRAMENTO - A US former policeman dubbed the "Golden State Killer" apologized to his victims Friday as he was jailed for life without the possibility of parole for a brutal decade-long crime spree that terrorized California.
'May you rot in prison': US 'Golden State Killer' victims speak out
AFP, Published on 19/08/2020
» LOS ANGELES - Dozens of women and men who were terrorized by California's 'Golden State Killer' during a sadistic decade-long crime spree finally got their day in court Tuesday as they spoke emotionally of their trauma.
US 'Golden State Killer' pleads guilty to multiple murders
AFP, Published on 30/06/2020
» LOS ANGELES - The so-called "Golden State Killer" pleaded guilty to multiple murders Monday, as well admitting to dozens of rapes and kidnappings, drawing a line under a sadistic crime spree that terrorized California for two decades.
Seoul court names birth father in landmark adoptee ruling
AFP, Published on 12/06/2020
» SEOUL - A Seoul court on Friday officially recognised a Korean-born adoptee as the daughter of her biological father in a landmark ruling that she described as "momentous".
South Korea adoptee seeks recognition as birth father's child
AFP, Published on 11/06/2020
» SEOUL - Growing up in Michigan, Korean-born Kara Bos always knew she was adopted. But when she finally located her assumed half-sister, the woman closed the door in her face and called police.
First US murder conviction overturned using DNA, family tree evidence
AFP, Published on 18/07/2019
» WASHINGTON: An American man was exonerated Wednesday for a decades-old murder he did not commit, using evidence based on DNA and a genetic family tree, the first such result using a revolutionary investigative technique.
First US murder trial using DNA, family tree evidence
AFP, Published on 14/06/2019
» WASHINGTON - A truck driver implicated by his DNA and family tree in a double murder more than 30 years after the crime will face trial this week in the first case using a revolutionary investigative technique.
Americans flock to find roots under the Christmas tree
AFP, Published on 21/12/2018
» WASHINGTON - This Christmas, many Americans will find the gifts under their tree may lead to a long-lost relative or a map of ancestral migrations.