The early-morning slaughter of four Florida siblings at the hands of what authorities say was their mother is an “almost unheard of” case, crime experts said Wednesday.

The drive to revamp the discipline reporting system for doctors in Massachusetts continued this week on Beacon Hill, with the Senate approving a measure that would make that system more transparent.

Ever since the Sept. 11 attacks, airports have probably been the most heavily guarded sites when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks.

Just when you thought America’s megabanks were safe and sound, JPMorgan Chase disclosed that it had lost at least $2 billion in just six weeks. The loss was suffered on high-risk investments in a portfolio of complex financial instruments known as derivatives. Ironically, it was incurred by a trading group within the bank that was […]

One would not be too off the mark to suggest 6-foot-10 Cameron Buchan was the biggest recruit for the Northeastern University crew program in a long time. Pardon the pun, but the mammoth athlete backs up the adage that rowers are found wherever you find them.

Sydney Arbelbide graduated from Northeastern University last year with a degree in systems engineering and a job offer in Silicon Valley from Google Inc. But she turned down the Internet search giant for a small tech firm in Boston.

The term “gamification” can be one of the most misunderstood marketing and engagement strategies employed today. Many marketers think gamification literally means creating a game to engage with customers or employees. And,  yes, it can mean that.

Once again there is talk of a major financial crisis in Europe. Many observers expect that Europe will muddle through and push the problem further down the road, as it has for the past two years. But this time really could be different.

Bill Weld and I didn’t agree on much, but he did something in his first term as Massachusetts governor that should be required reading for anybody involved in the current debate over how to control health costs in the Commonwealth.

I saw this flyer recently on my gym’s bulletin board. The loneliness and loss of identity it describes are surely shared by a great many people who have to leave sports, famous or not, but what comes to mind is the suicide of Junior Seau, the 43-year-old former NFL player who shot himself in the chest […]

NBC Bay Area’s Brent Cannon speaks with Stephen Flynn, Co-founder of the Research Institute for Homeland Security at Northeastern University, about the foiled airplane bomb plot.

Yes, you read right. Recent research does actually offer a positive spin to this age-old practice — one that goes beyond the rumours and tall tales.