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Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening?

For years, Puerto Rico has also faced a debt crisis which left the island unable to afford to maintain the grid, according to Laura Kuhl, of Northeastern University.
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Google has illegal advertising monopoly, judge rules

The US case will now move to a second “remedies” phase, which could also lead to Alphabet being broken up, said John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University.

IRS reportedly eyes stripping Harvard of tax-exempt status

Julian Fray, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, joins WBUR’s Morning Edition to break down reports that the IRS is prepared to revoke Harvard University’s tax exemption.
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‘Weaponized environmentalism’? A Texas Republican wants to test wastewater for abortion medication

Dr. Kimberly Garrett, PhD, MHP, an environmental toxicologist and postdoctoral researcher with Northeastern University’s Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute PFAS Project Lab, reviewed bill SB1976 and told Fast Company in a statement that it is “unscientific” and even called it “a form of weaponized environmentalism.” 
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You May Want To Think Twice Before You Eat Bagged Lettuce

“While consumers expect convenience and safety, the reality is that prewashed bagged greens remain one of the riskiest items in the grocery store due to contamination risks throughout the supply chain,” says Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of “Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.”
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Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings

The case is “one of the latest in a series of litigation attacks brought against various provisions of the Affordable Care Act,” said Wendy Parmet, a constitutional law scholar at Northeastern University. “It’s surprising because Trump is not a fan of the Affordable Care Act and vowed to replace the Affordable Care Act in his […]
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The FDA Is Recalling This Popular Supplement Over an Undeclared Allergen

One is that the soy flour may have been there all along—the vitamins just weren’t labeled properly, says food safety expert Darin Detwiler, LPD, author of the book Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions, and a professor at Northeastern University.
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How Gen-Z Entrepreneurs Are Leveraging AI For Success

Organizations like Northeastern University have built co-op programs around AI, having student project teams build an entire AI solution for local government organizations over a six- to nine-month period. 
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The crackdown on mommy bloggers

“You went to the factory, you went to the coal mine, and you got the kids out of there,” Hilary C. Robinson, a professor of law and sociology at Northeastern University, says of past child labor crises.
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Was America built on a great night out?

Northeastern University history professor and beer scholar Malcolm Purinton sees the “social lubrication” of alcohol as an essential part of the American story. “Alcohol has a special place in the social history of our species,” said Purinton. “Taverns are essential. They were necessary for business and for planning a rebellion.”
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‘I remember, I reclaim, I restore, I reimagine’

L’Merchie Frazier has been a resident artist with Northeastern University’s African American Master Artists-in-Residency Programf for more than two decades. Her quilts hang on the walls in her large space in AAMARP’s Jamaica Plain studio building.

Getting to the bottom of Boston’s CarPlay dead zones

What they’re saying: “Given that these bands are unlicensed and that anybody can operate in these bands, it is likely that sometimes there may be some interference in the system,” Northeastern University electrical and computer engineering assistant research professor Michele Polese told Axios.