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

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

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

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

The Fort Worth Police Department has failed hundreds of times to test sexual assault evidence kits in the amount of time ...

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

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

The rape kit in Allison’s case — which had not been submitted for DNA testing when she reported being raped in 2013 — was pending DNA analysis when the lab shut down. It finally was tested ...

"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 ...

Some fear scrutiny could diminish hard-won gains on rape kit reform. Ilse Knecht is director of policy and advocacy at the Joyful Heart Foundation, a nonprofit that in 2010 made elimination of ...