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Texas upends legal landscape with Supreme Court decision on abortion ban CBS News: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed a new U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows a Texas law banning abortion after six weeks of pregnancy to remain in effect, emboldening other states to…

Experts: FBI has plenty of ways to find Jan. 6 riot suspect from North Lakeland USA Today: Kevin McMunigal, professor of law, weighed in on the ways the FBI could track and find wanted suspects stemming from the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection. “They also might be able to get a grand jury subpoena…

Cuyahoga County gun deaths spiked in 2020, public health approach may help ideastream: Thomas Gilson, clinical assistant professor of pathology and Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, and alumnus Manreet Bhullar (GRS ‘19, public health) discussed the benefits of having a public health framework for…

Umpire chairs designed by interdisciplinary team at CWRU will be used at Tennis in the Land event WEWS: Daniel Lacks, the C. Benson Branch Professor of Chemical Engineering, discussed a collaboration between Sears think[box] and the Cleveland Institute of Art to build custom umpire chairs at the…

CWRU professor breaks down history of U.S. and Afghanistan conflict ideastream: Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the situation in Afghanistan, which continues to be chaotic and violent for people desperate to flee…

Chevy paid me $33,000 after it recalled my Bolt EV. Here’s how I got my money back Mashable: Cathy Lesser Mansfield, professor of law, responding to news that Chevrolet announced the second battery fire recall on some Bolts and a wave of customers asking for their money back or a new car, offered…

COVID-19 vaccines are ‘miraculous’ and the need for booster shots doesn’t reflect a flaw in them Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription required): Mark Cameron, associate professor at the School of Medicine, said that requiring a booster shot against COVID-19 doesn’t tell us that the current…

6 reasons China, not just Taliban, benefits from US exit from Afghanistan The Daily Signal: Juscelino Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Law, said that access to Afghanistan provides an advantage for China against India, a major global economic competitor.

Census 2020 shows more multi-racial Ohioans than ever before: experts explain why cleveland.com (subscription required): Jessica Kelley, professor of sociology at the College of Arts and Sciences, commented on the diversity of ethnicity represented in the recent U.S. Census results, speculating…

3News Investigates pushes for the release of public records in the Cedar Point investigation WKYC: Jessie Hill, the Judge Ben C. Green Professor of Law, discussed whether the Cedar Point Police Department is a public entity—and as such accountable to public records requests and public scrutiny.