WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has voted to renew an expiring program that helps state and local governments cut their backlogs of unexamined DNA evidence in rape cases. The program provides federal grants to state and local governments so they can speed their analyses of unexamined kits. Experts say communities around the country have many thousands of kits that need analysis that in some cases are many years old. The Senate used a voice vote Thursday to give final approval to the bipartisan bill.

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