July 2019

Genealogy Sites Have Helped Identify Suspects. Now They’ve Helped Convict One.

EVERETT, Wash. — It has been used to identify more than 40 murder and rape suspects in cases as much as a half-century old. It has led to guilty pleas and confessions, including in one case where another man was convicted of the crime. Genetic genealogy — in which DNA samples are used to find

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Tory leadership: Jeremy Hunt pledges £6bn for farmers in no-deal Brexit

Image copyright Reuters Tory leadership contender Jeremy Hunt is to outline his plans for a no-deal Brexit later, including a £6bn pledge to the fishing and farming industries and help for small businesses. Mr Hunt will say farmers and fishermen “face uncertainty” with no deal, and as PM he would “help smooth it over”. He

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Lillard gets supermax deal, and NBA spending spree begins

Damian Lillard wasn’t a top-five pick. Tobias Harris wasn’t a lottery pick. Khris Middleton wasn’t even a first-rounder. Their bank balances won’t know the difference soon. Free agency opened Sunday with nearly $3 billion in deals getting struck in the opening hours — including Kyrie Irving officially picking Brooklyn, as has been expected, but without

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