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Memphis bridge closed when workers found deteriorated steel hidden during inspections. How many Cuyahoga County bridges are in similar shape? The Plain Dealer (subscription required): Xiong (Bill) Yu, the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering,…

Days before Oklahoma bans abortion, details still uncertain Associated Press: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed Oklahoma’s new strict abortion law—the toughest in the nation—and its inconsistent exceptions. “I don’t think (lawmakers) thought through any of this,”…

Experts look at 'great replacement theory' as motivation behind Buffalo mass shooting WKSU: Dexter Voisin, dean of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, discussed the spread of the “great replacement theory”—and other white-supremecist, racist rhetoric—and its…

Dear Ohio: What overturning Roe v. Wade could mean for medical liberty Spectrum News: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, talked about whether ​​abortion rights would be the end of the discussion over civil rights or if overturning Roe…

Broken adoptions, buried records: How states are failing adoptees USA Today (subscription required): Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Associate Professor in Social Work Practice and associate dean for research and training, noted the challenges of record-keeping and updating identification for…

Using devices like AirTags to track someone without consent isn't a crime in Ohio, yet ABC Cleveland: Raymond Ku, the Laura B. Chisolm Distinguished Research Scholar and professor at the School of Law, discussed a proposed new law that would make it a crime to track another person or their…

Mariner East Pipeline has sparked a boom in fracked gas exports from Philly region The Philadelphia Inquirer: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, said that failing to consider vulnerable people is a violation of disability rights laws…

Prostate cancer screening is better than originally thought, especially for Black men, study says CNN: Jonathan Shoag, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed a new study that shows the importance of early prostate cancer screenings. "There are many men who are not screened a lot…

Motive unclear: What could have driven Bucks mom to kill her sons? The Morning Call: Susan Hatters-Friedman, associate professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, discussed the case of a 38-year-old Pennsylvania woman accused of murdering her two sons. “Sometimes there is a history of…

Depression and the gut microbiome: Are they related? Everyday Health: Mahmoud Ghannoum, professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the link between the gut microbiome and depression. Research is ongoing, but some people with depression “tend to have a change or an imbalance in the microbiome…