Melissa Quinn is a senior reporter for CBSNews.com, where she covers U.S. politics, with a focus on the Supreme Court and federal courts. Washington — Federal law enforcement officials said Monday ...

An “intense” investigation by multiple agencies led to the thwarting of a terrorist attack plot targeting multiple locations in Southern California, federal officials announced. The Department of ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital on Wednesday announced what they called a "transformative gift," as investment banker Don Edwards and his wife, Anne, have donated $11 million to the hospital ...

In 2020, Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, CRISPR-Cas9, a method for genome editing. Often referred to as “molecular scissors,” CRISPR cuts DNA at specific locations that ...

Adolf Hitler most likely suffered from the genetic condition Kallmann Syndrome that can manifest itself in undescended testicles and a micropenis, researchers and documentary makers said Thursday, ...

Its founders call it a Google search or ChatGPT for DNA. In essence, users can ask their genetics direct questions. But instead of receiving broad, sometimes unnecessarily disconcerting information ...

Despite advances, whole genome sequencing — and with it the promise of early, life-altering therapies — still isn’t a routine part of care for most newborns. Many babies enter the world with silent ...

The U.S. Secret Service discovered what they say was a China-linked plot. A thwarted plot to cripple the telecommunications system in New York was bigger than investigators first realized, adding to ...

The discovery of a vast telecommunications network that authorities say was capable of wiping out cellular communications in the nation's largest city is just the latest in a steady series of ...