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New DNA technology is helping solve cold cases

(CNN)—- Advances in technology are bringing much-needed help to authorities trying to close unsolved mysteries. A new DNA technique developed in a California lab helped identify victims in a decades-old cold case. Jean Mackin reports. Categories: National News Tags: DNA Test, Technology

NY bans sales of most flavored e-cigs

(CNN) – It didn’t take long for health officials in New York to take action against vaping. A vote was taken Tuesday to carry out the governor’s executive action to ban sales of most flavored e-cigarettes. The only two flavors customers will be able to buy for the next 90 days are tobacco and menthol. Categories: National News, News

Study finds1 in 16 women say first sexual experience was rape

Image: CNN/Getty Images/Bertrand Guay/AFP (CNN)More than 3.3 million American women ages 18 to 44 were raped the first time they had sexual intercourse, according to a new study, and “all demographic groups reported substantial roles of forced sexual initiation.” The study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, notes the World Health Organization recognizes forced sexual initiation — “an unwanted first…