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· Carl Samson
Long Lost Twins Reunite After 33 Years Using the Same DNA Testing Service
A pair of identical twins who were separated at birth in South Korea found each other in the U.S. 33 years later after using the same DNA testing service. Left tied to a pole, Amanda Dunford was found by a street vendor, while Katey Bennett was left in a basket on the steps of…
· Michelle De Pacina
Baltimore prosecutors drop charges against Adnan Syed in 1999 murder of ex-girlfriend
On Tuesday, the Baltimore City State Attorney’s Office dropped the charges against Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999. According to the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, the state’s attorney reportedly dropped the charges due…
· Carl Samson
Indiana Man Finds Long Lost Sibling in the Philippines After Taking DNA Test
A man in Crawfordsville, Indiana, got the biggest surprise of his life when a DNA test connected him to an unknown sister who lived in the Philippines. In December, Jane DeGrand sent Chris Livesay a message on Facebook with a match to the Livesay family tree from Ancestry DNA,…
· Bryan Ke
Identical Twins Meet 30 Years Later After Going Through DNA Test
Identical twin sisters Katey Bennett and Amanda Dunford finally reunite on Megyn Kelly TODAY after being separated for more than 30 years. The two discovered their connection after they both decided to check and see if they had any other close relatives through DNA testing.
· Khier Casino
China to Reportedly Collect Millions of DNA Samples a Year From Muslim Region
China has began preparing for the mass collection of DNA samples from the native Uyghur Muslims in the Xinjiang region, according to humans rights observers. Xinjiang police told the Associated Press that they’ve started purchasing more than $8.7 million worth of equipment to…
· Bryan Ke
Mosquitos help solve home robbery case in China
Dead mosquitoes and blood smeared on a wall helped Chinese police from Fuzhou, Fujian province, solve a burglary that occurred on June 11. The intruder reportedly used a balcony to break into an apartment before lighting mosquito coils, cooking eggs and noodles and sleeping…
· Carl Samson
Keanu Reeves granted restraining order against alleged stalker who thinks they’re related
Keanu Reeves has been granted a temporary restraining order against a man whom he says had been harassing him and trespassing into his property for months. The alleged stalker, Bryan Keith Dixon, 38, is accused of breaking into Reeves’ Hollywood Hills home six times between Nov.…
· Bryan Ke
Nevada man arrested for 1982 cold case murder of 5-year-old Anne Pham in California
Robert John Lanoue, a 70-year-old resident of Reno, Nevada, was named as the suspect behind the cold case kidnapping, sexual assault and murder of 5-year-old girl Anne Sang Thi Pham of Seaside, California, in 1982. The former army sergeant, who was stationed at Fort Ord at the…
· Carl Samson
‘I get to be a big brother’: Veteran, 70, adopted as a child from Japan discovers his 7 siblings in Ohio
Seventy-year-old Michael Bennett, who was adopted as a child, met seven of his siblings for the first time after undergoing a DNA test in 2019. Bennett was born in Japan in 1951 to a Japanese woman and an American soldier who served in the country after World War II. Bennett’s…
· Ryan General
Second black box, handwritten note found among wreckage of China flight MU5735
Found among the wreckage of China Eastern Airlines flight MU5735 was a handwritten note believed to be from a female passenger surnamed Xiang. Xiang, a livestreaming salesperson who was in her 20s, wrote, “The jade disc lucky charm symbolizes hope for peace in the year and a…
· Kimberly Nguyen
Korean American Twins Separated at Birth Find Each Other 36 Years Later
Korean identical twins met for the first time in Florida on their 36th birthday after being separated at birth.
· Maina Chen
New Black Panthers ‘Fight’ Racism by Targeting Chinese Restaurants, Get Disowned by OG Black Panthers
An extremist hate group called the New Black Panther Party (NBPP) has returned to headlines for launching a nationwide boycott of “Chinese merchants,” one such protest targetted two local Chinese restaurants in Washington, D.C. The protest was sighted by Mother Jones writer,…
· Ernestine Siu
She Grew Up With a Chinese Sister in India, Now She’s Desperate to Find Her Again
Meenal Patil, a radio personality for Radio One, is on a quest to fulfill a promise she made to her late mother to find her long-lost Chinese sister, Chingu. On Mother’s Day, May 10, Meenal posted an Instagram video compilation of heartwarming images of Chingu, whose real name…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese Scientists Added Human Genes in Monkey Brains, And Only Half Survived
A group of Chinese scientists has raised another medical ethics debate after performing an experiment where they put human genes in monkey brains in an effort to gain insight into the complex evolution of human intelligence. The experiment, which was conducted at the Kunming…
· Ryan General
Chinese Parents Now Spending Up to $4,500 for Genetic ‘Talent Tests’ For Their Kids
Chinese parents are reportedly seeking the “talent testing” services of local genetic companies in an apparent bid to identify which fields their children can excel at. Clinics from genetic firms, which claim to find children’s hidden talents in their DNA, have recently been…
· Editorial Staff
Texas Doctor Gets Zero Jail Time After Being Convicted of Raping a Sedated Patient
An Indian-American doctor who was found guilty of raping a heavily-sedated patient in 2013 will not spend time behind bars in Texas. Instead, a 12-member jury in Houston sentenced Dr. Shafeeq Sheikh, 46, to 10 years of probation.
· Editorial Staff
Protests for Road Safety in Bangladesh Erupt Into Brutal Violence, Alleged Rape of Students
What began as a series of protests demanding safer roads amid the deaths of two students who died in a road accident in Bangladesh last week has taken a violent turn, reportedly resulting in many student deaths and sexual assaults from pro-government…
· Bryan Ke
Chinese-American ‘Abandoned’ 13 Years Ago Reunites with Birth Parents Thanks to the Internet
A Chinese-American teenager has been reunited with her biological parents after beleiving she was abandoned for more than a decade in China, and it is all thanks to the power of the internet. Kylee Fengmin Bowers, or Liang Jinglang, her birth name, was accompanied by her…
· Kyle Encina
Chinese Twin Sisters Discover Each Other After 26 Years When Police Suspect Identity Fraud
A pair of Chinese twins finally met each other after 26 years when police suspected them of being the same person in an identity fraud case. Authorities in the province of Jiangsu sifted through local population data in November and found that the birthdates of the two women…
· Ryan General
Serial Killer Caught in Japan With 9 Severed Heads in Ice Chests
Local authorities in Japan who were investigating a case of a missing woman recently uncovered a gruesome scene at an apartment complex in Zama, south of Tokyo. During a police operation, dismembered bodies of eight women and one man were found inside the apartment of…