"Take dem bullets out the house," the text message read. The text was allegedly sent by Rickey Cummings, a 23-year-old in Waco, Texas. In 2012, Cummings, a suspected Bloods gang member, was sentenced ...

The framework can inform practical interventions to combat phishing, romance scams, online radicalization, and ideological harm networks, and could be used to identify roles in criminal networks.” — ...

The highly anticipated tell-all book by an anonymous senior official in the Trump administration is set to be released to the public on Tuesday. And while some may pour over what are expected to be ...

Most people are familiar with the tenets of forensic science: the pieces of evidence found at a crime scene that, thanks to technology, can be interpreted to provide solutions. But not many are aware ...

“Most people take language for granted, but not you … You and I both appreciate the power and specificity of words”. This quote, taken from the recent Netflix series Manhunt: Unabomber, sums up nicely ...

Interviewing suspects, victims and witnesses is part of street police work and detective work alike. Statements can back up information you already know or can provide you with new insight or a new ...

On Saturday, a single tweet from Donald Trump—or at least one from the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account—seemed to turn everyone into an amateur forensic linguist, sifting for textual clues. Forty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shannon McCoole ran one of the world’s largest dark web child abuse forums for around three years in the early 2010s. The forum ...

Forensic linguists say they have likely unraveled the mystery surrounding a famous Civil War-era letter, long believed to have been written by President Abraham Lincoln. Historians have argued for ...

The language patterns in a new book by an anonymous senior official in the Trump administration could be used to decode the author's identity. Using Forensic Linguistics To Decode An Anonymous ...