Travis N. Rieder, Ph.D., is a research scholar at Johns Hopkins' Berman Institute of Bioethics, where he also directs the Master of Bioethics program. Much of Travis's research is in the general area of procreative ethics, particularly concerning the morality of procreating in the era of climate change.

During Thursday’s episode of On Balance with Leland, he discusses an Ohio doctor’s acquittal of murder charges in multiple hospital patient deaths Wednesday following a weekslong trial and whether or not it set a precedent for future fentanyl cases.

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Hunter Biden's lawyers say the letters they sent Wednesday aren't acknowledgment that the laptop belonged to him. This is possibly the first public recognition from his legal team that the laptop does exist or would exist.

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Researchers from Brigham Young University in Utah analyzed the records of about 2,000 sexual assault victims and found that 14% of the attacks happened after meeting on a dating app. Crime Stoppers CEO Rania Mankarious weighs in on "Banfield." #Banfield

Tom Brady is retiring for real this time, but given the scrutiny he’s about to face in the media world, will he soon regret it? Fox Sports is making a $375M gamble that Brady will be a hit, but others are betting against him. Dan Abrams breaks it down with NFL legend Joe Namath.

Consumer financial protection bureau estimates that banks collect $12 billion dollars every year from credit card late fees. President Biden proposes a rule that would ban excessive late credit card payments. Consumer financial protection bureau says this can save Americans a combined $9 billion annually.

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On Wednesday, the jury in the double homicide trial of South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh viewed video taken from his 22-year-old son Paul`s phone. Considered one of the state`s most important pieces of evidence, the prosecution says the video from the phone was taken minutes before Paul was killed. FBI agent Kevin Horan, co-founder of Precision Cellular Analysis, weighs in on NewsNation's "Rush Hour." #AlexMurdaugh #RushHour