A year after government scientist Bruce Ivins killed himself while under investigation for the lethal anthrax letters of 2001, the Justice Department is on the verge of closing the long, costly and vexing case. Several law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that the department had tentatively planned last week to close the case, but backed away from that decision ...

An inventory of deadly germs and toxins at an Army biodefense lab in Frederick found more than 9,200 vials of material that was unaccounted for in laboratory records, Fort Detrick officials said Wednesday. The 13 percent overage mainly reflects stocks left behind in freezers by researchers who retired or left Fort Detrick since the biological warfare defense program was ...

The National Academy of Sciences said Friday it will review the lab work behind the FBI's conclusion that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001. The FBI will pay the Washington-based society nearly $880,000 for ...

An investigation of three disease samples missing from a Fort Detrick lab found that the samples were likely destroyed, according to Army officials. The probe started after the samples were reported missing last year and was not connected to an inventory started after the FBI concluded ...