USA TODAY's 18-month investigation into untested rape kits has lawmakers, victims' advocates calling for results, ...

A decade ago, a USA TODAY investigation helped reveal the national backlog of rape kits. Evidence from thousands of sexual ...

Michelle Puett-Howard was raped at the age of 17 at a park in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Her case and a murder, both in 1987, were ...

After USA TODAY's investigation into untested rape kits revealed Austin has one conviction from its backlog, local leaders ...

It was 19,000 pieces of evidence we had to process,” said TBI Director David Rausch at a committee meeting with state ...

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has made progress in shortening monthslong delays in laboratory testing of sexual ...

"I didn't know what a rape kit is or what it would do," said Godfrey. "So I said, 'Hey, did they test my kit?' She said, 'No, not yet.' I'm like, 'Hmmm. OK. Is this normal?' Get top local stories ...

The Iowa Attorney General’s Office is proposing an update to state rules that outline the standards for nurses who are ...

They had found a man’s DNA. Nuñez-Najera was confused. She thought the kit had been tested years ago. Kansas discovered its rape kit backlog almost by accident. At a conference in 2014 ...

A judge on Wednesday denied bail for Nicholas Rossi in a rape case. Although he has denied his identity for years, Rossi ...

Laurence Innerarity better known as Peso Montana and Ryan Savage were both convicted of rape and sentenced to life in prison ...