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Why Donald Trump Debating Kamala Harris on Fox News Could Backfire

Alan Schroeder, a professor emeritus at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism, argued that a Harris-Trump debate on Fox News seems implausible because of the network’s alignment with the Republican Party.
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Republican Attacks on Tim Walz Don’t Appear to Be Working

“Voters can often see right through flaccid attempts to attack political opponents,” Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.
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Misleading TikTok alerts include false Taylor Swift claim and old tsunami warning

“Notifications have this additional stamp of authority,” said Laura Edelson, a researcher at Northeastern University, in Boston. “When you get a notification about something, it’s often assumed to be something that has been curated by the platform and not just a random thing from your feed.”
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Here’s the real reason Ozempic-like weight-loss drugs are so popular

Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute indicates that 73% of the U.S. food supply is ultra-processed. Getting consumers to change their behavior is a tall order. Many are confused, misguided, or indifferent about eating healthier.
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Group explores ambulance vessels as part of solution to island care crisis

There are examples like that in many communities where … keeping the EMS service alive is a challenge unto itself, and much less keeping the people who work in it skilled enough,” said Dr. Katherine Simmonds, the Associate Director of Health Programs and a clinical professor at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute.
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Kamala Harris Winning Over White Voters From Trump, Polling Suggests

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek that polls “suggest Harris is outperforming Biden nationally against Trump, and the boost is apparent across the board among most subgroups of voters including whites.
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Who needs a government ban? TikTok users are already defending themselves

Rachel Rodgers is a professor of applied psychology at Northeastern University who researches the intersection of social media, body image, and eating disorders. She said she doesn’t use any form of social media because of the potential detrimental impact it can have on mental health.
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Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here’s what that means

“I certainly hope that this is not our new normal for COVID,” says Samuel Scarpino, who studies infectious diseases at Northeastern University in Boston.
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Northeastern completely reinvented itself. Here’s what that could mean for higher ed as a whole.

“Northeastern is a university in tune with reality, which means that we constantly are thinking about what’s changing in the world and how it’s impacting us, and how we are impacting this change ourselves,” said Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern.
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Explorer’s family could have difficulty winning their lawsuit against Titan sub owner, experts say

But that could be hard to prove, said Richard Daynard, distinguished professor of law at Northeastern University in Boston. Attorneys will have a difficult time demonstrating that the implosion and resulting deaths were not instantaneous, he said.
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Why Donald Trump Debating Kamala Harris Could Be a Disaster

Alan Schroeder, Professor Emeritus at Northeastern University, told Newsweek about another potential contrast in their styles. “Trump is famously undisciplined and willing to subvert live events into opportunities for anarchy,” he said.
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Explorer’s family could have difficulty winning their lawsuit against Titan sub owner, experts say

But that could be hard to prove, said Richard Daynard, distinguished professor of law at Northeastern University in Boston.