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How ransom demands shape modern kidnapping investigationsA&E: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, said high-profile victims quickly trigger ransom suspicions, fake demands often flood in due to media attention, and modern kidnappers favor cryptocurrency—traceable but…

Match Day marks big moment for Case Western Reserve graduatesFox 8: Graduating medical students at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine marked a major milestone as they celebrated Match Day—the moment they learned where they will continue their training as physicians.

WCPO: Jessie Hill, professor and the director of the Reproductive Rights Law Initiative at the School of Law, said a pending Supreme Court case over whether a city can require a permit for a residential prayer group currently turns on procedure, not religious freedom, because the city never issued…

Tommy Schaefer faces U.S. charges after killing Heather Mack’s mom in baliA&E: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, said prosecutors don’t need to prove the 2014 Bali murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack was completed, only that there was an agreement to commit it. The fact the…

Promising new therapy developed for most common form of bone cancer in children and young adultsMedical Xpress: Reshmi Parameswaran, associate professor at the School of Medicine and member of the Immune Oncology Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, explained how conventional therapies…

5 must-know updates in the new cholesterol guidelinesHealth: Ian Neeland, associate professor at the School of Medicine, commented on new guidelines for managing cholesterol from The American Heart Association. “The inclusion of the PREVENT equations is a step forward for risk prediction,” Neeland…

Gut bacteria discovery could change how doctors treat ALS and dementiaSci Tech Daily: Aaron Burberry, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology at the School of Medicine, identified a molecular link between gut microbes and disease risk that may help explain why some people with inherited…

‘Like it or not’: Attorneys say Trump pardon applies to Jan. 6 pipe bomberWashington Examiner: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, said the defense—that Donald Trump’s broad Jan. 6 pardon covers acts “related to” the riot, even if they occurred Jan. 5—isn’t frivolous. But he…

Independent Monitor files 18th Semiannual Report detailing CPD consent decree progressWEWS: Ayesha Bell Hardaway, professor and director of the Social Justice Institute, said Cleveland’s push to end its consent decree creates “strange bedfellows” with the Trump DOJ and omits key unfinished reforms.…

Closing arguments begin in corruption trial of former FirstEnergy executives tied to HB 6 scandalWKYC: Michael Benza, professor of practice at the School of Law, weighed in on what jurors face in the trial of former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones and ex-Senior Vice President Michael Dowling, who face…