Claire Tracy, the 19-year-old former Rice University soccer player found dead in her Houston apartment Sunday, killed herself by inhaling helium, according to an online report from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

Doctors in the San Francisco Bay Area have blamed the mushroom species for 23 poisoning cases since Nov. 18. One patient has died.

Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to improve treatment of inmates.

By looking at maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better predict time of death, the researchers said.

A discovery by FIU researchers could help forensic investigators close the gap on estimating the time of a person's death.

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Florida’s Death were not only pioneers of the death metal genre, but helped to redefine and revolutionize the extreme style over the course of a decade. Mastermind Chuck Schuldiner was the only consistent member of the band and casted an entirely new ...

Death Valley National Park has experienced so much record-breaking rainfall this season that an ancient lake has reappeared.