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Amy Coney Barrett’s Surprising Remarks in Abortion Pill Case
Dan Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek on Tuesday that he believed the Court would rule 7-2, with conservative Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissenting.
Urban living at a bargain price, but how small is too small?
Urban rooming houses for single working men and women were once the norm in the United States. Boston, like many other US cities, long ago banned tiny apartments. But some housing experts, policy makers, and entrepreneurs are seeking to ease those rules to accommodate microunits and co-living systems. In a modern spin on communal housing, […]
Inverse
The car hack scene in ‘Fate of the Furious’ will be possible IRL
Although hacking one car might not be outside the realm of reason, Cipher is seen controlling a whole fleet with the flick of her finger. That part may be a little more suspect. “While it is impossible to completely rule out anything in the security world, in my opinion, it would be highly unlikely for […]
The Epoch Times
Al-Qaeda leader calls for shift to guerrilla warfare in Syria
Zawahiri said the new approach would “weaken and drain the enemy,” and claimed that rebels are being targeted “because they are trying to establish an Islamic rule in Syria.” It’s unclear exactly what Zawahiri means by “guerrilla warfare” in this context, according to Max Abrahms, terrorism researcher and assistant professor of political science at Northeastern […]
Can Camille Cosby be forced to testify against her husband? It’s murky.
Under the rule, Camille Cosby would not have to discuss her private discussions with her husband, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University School of Law. But, Medwed said, many other questions would be fair game. “Did you ever observe your husband engage in sex act with someone else? Did you observe him with Quaaludes?” he […]
CBS Boston
Keller @ large: Presidential race may come down to October debates
There’s a long way to go in both the Democratic and Republican presidential races. But if you believe that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will be their parties’ nominees, as Northeastern University Professor of Journalism Dan Kennedy does, it’s none too soon to be thinking about what role the media will play in that epic […]
What if Martin O’Malley or Bernie Sanders disobeys the DNC on debates?
Alan Schroeder, a journalism professor at Northeastern University and the author of Presidential Debates: 50 Years of High-Risk TV, agrees, noting that on the Republican side, it has been the debate hosts, not the Republican National Committee, that set the rules for the debates. “The DNC may threaten to keep somebody out of a future debate, but […]
NECN
Reaction pours in on Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision
“Over 6 million people would have probably lost their health insurance if the court had ruled the other way,” said Northeastern University’s director of health policy and law Wendy Parmet. Parmet says people in 34 states on the federal exchanges would have been impacted. According to pro-Obamacare group Families USA, in New England that includes […]
Signs of optimism among family-owned businesses
The survey found family-owned businesses with solid, formal succession plans are scarce. Nearly 75 percent said they do not have a documented succession plan in place for senior roles in the company, PwC said. This maybe because many businesses think succession plans are a long, drawn-out process, said Ted Clark, executive director of the Northeastern […]
Patriot Ledger
The beginning of another bank crisis?
One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Late last month, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced that the two institutions would start purchasing mortgages with down payments as low as 3 percent instead of the already absurdly […]
The CDC has less power than you think, and likes it that way
The agency traditionally acts in an advisory role and can only take control from local authorities under two circumstances: if local authorities invite them to do so or under the authority outlined in the Insurrection Act in the event of a total breakdown of law and order. And here the picture becomes murkier yet because […]
The downing of MH17: A new precedent for the world’s battlefields
Given that MH17 was reportedly flying at 33,000 feet when it was shot down, such an attack would indeed represent a major feat for a nonstate actor. There are historical precedents for civilian aircraft being shot down by missiles, but one reason it’s a relatively rare occurrence is that the necessary capabilities tend to be […]