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Mining fight, pocketknife record, Hitsville remodel: News from around our 50 states USA Today: Michael Benza, senior instructor of law, discussed the pending executions in Texas—the nation’s busiest capital punishment state—facing delays amid legal questions about the state’s refusal to allow…

They put me in solitary for drugs I didn’t have: Many prisons use faulty drug tests NBC News: Ryan Marino, assistant professor at the School of Medicine, discussed low-cost narcotics tests, which are often imprecise and prone to user error. The problem, he said, isn’t specific to a single…

CMHA to offer free health screenings as part of health disparity research ideastream: Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and professor at the School of Medicine, said that researchers will use an $18.2 million grant to address how the social determinants of…

Ancora, Big Lots and Ohio's first ‘greenmailing' lawsuit Crain’s Cleveland Business: Anat Alon-Beck, assistant professor of law, said an Ohio lawsuit that relies on a decades-old anti-greenmailing regulation could have a broad impact on the behavior of activist investors, depending on its outcome.

1 in 5 people still use opioids 3 months after surgery Healthline: Charles Luther, assistant professor of psychiatry at the School of Medicine, said clinicians need to educate their patients about the risks of opioid addiction following surgery, and patients have an obligation to learn about the…

Cleveland Viaduct now a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark ideastream: Dario Gasparini, a professor of civil engineering who was instrumental in researching the historical importance of the Superior Viaduct in Cleveland, discussed its designation as a National Historical Civil…

Study links substance abuse, increased rates of breakthrough COVID-19 cases U.S. News & World Report: Rong Xu, professor of biomedical informatics at the School of Medicine, discussed her new research linking substance abuse with higher rates of COVID-19 infections and severe outcomes,…

Agreement between Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland Teachers Union moves substitutes around district WEWS: David J. Carney, professor of law, said that using substitute teachers to fill long-term positions is common. Usually, it's a handful of spots each year. Nothing on this scale…

CWRU, UH receive $18.2 million federal grant to address social determinants of health in Black neighborhoods cleveland.com: Sanjay Rajagopalan, director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute and professor at the School of Medicine, discussed the “seismic gaps” that exist in health care for…

Colleges secure the IoT with proactive solutions and strategies EdTech: Nick Barendt, executive director of the Institute for Smart, Secure and Connected Systems at Case Western Reserve, is a lead source for a story on the challenge of protecting Internet of Things devices. “For years, the IT…