For decades, Chicago police sergeant Louis Vitullo was credited with creating the sexual assault collection kit. But it was ...

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

Wisconsin Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul is wading into the state Supreme Court race by renewing an old feud with ...

A 35-year-old North Carolina man allegedly sexually assaulted a 21-year-old female Western Michigan University student at a ...

Legislation to process untested rape kits could protect victims and prevent future assaults, says sexual assault survivor.

Susan Crawford, a trial court judge running for Wisconsin Supreme Court, said she doesn't regret her sentencing decision in a ...

Legislators are considering a proposal that supporters say will help victims of sexual assault get local, timely care in ...

A North Carolina man is awaiting trial this month after DNA evidence linked him to a nearly 13-year-old sexual assault cold case that occurred near Western Michigan University.

A bill that would force the Phoenix Police Department to use the state's real-time rape kit tracking system is heading to the full Senate.

After nine years and nearly $350 million, USA TODAY confirmed just one exoneration resulting from a grant program to address ...

A Loganville man was convicted in the 1990 rape and killing of two siblings in Stone Mountain after DNA finally linked him to the crime.