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A plan to save the yellow school bus

Launched as a capstone project by then-students Keith Corso and Neil Bhammar at Northeastern University in 2021, BusRight, which builds and sells cloud-based software for school transportation offices, has gained tremendous momentum in the past three years.
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The age of mass spying is upon us

A report from Northeastern University revealed that “smart speakers accidentally activate as many as 19 times a day, recording 43 seconds of audio each time.”

Scoop: Antisemitic hate crimes hit record high in Boston

Antisemitic hate crimes increased in Boston after Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, but the uptick is also part of the yearslong trend of rising white nationalism, says Jack McDevitt, a criminal justice professor at Northeastern University.
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Teens won’t be able to see certain posts on Facebook, Instagram: What Meta’s changes mean

In a statement, Rachel Rodgers, a psychologist at Northeastern University, called the measures “an important step in making social media platforms spaces where teens can connect and be creative in age-appropriate ways.”
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2024’s new gun laws change the rules of firearm ownership in America. Here’s how

But in 2023, there were 39 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed, not including the perpetrator, which surpasses the previous year’s record of 36, according to the USA TODAY/Northeastern University/Associated Press Mass Killings Database.
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Can Taking Acetaminophen While Pregnant Affect a Child’s Speech Development?

Megan Woodbury, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate at Northeastern University who helped conduct the study explains what they found.
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2024’s new gun laws change the rules of firearm ownership in America. Here’s how

But in 2023, there were 39 mass shootings in which four or more people were killed, not including the perpetrator, which surpasses the previous year’s record of 36, according to the USA TODAY/Northeastern University/Associated Press Mass Killings Database.
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Instagram tightens its teen policy: Meta-owned app will now automatically hide content related to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders from users who are under-18

Meta’s changes are in line with ‘expert guidance’ from professional psychologists, including Dr Rachel Rodgers at Northeastern University.
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Meta strengthens online safety with stricter measures for teens on Facebook and Instagram

Dr. Rachel Rodgers, Associate Professor at Northeastern University, emphasizes the evolution of Meta’s policies as a crucial step in creating safer spaces for teens on social media.
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Attacks on Trump from main rivals suggest Republican presidential race has entered a desperate phase

“The argument against attacking Trump is that it might backfire and thus end up hurting the candidate who does the attacking,” said William Mayer, a Northeastern University expert in the politics of presidential nomination fights.
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The case of the disappearing Massachusetts residents

“What the labor force is saying is that it’s going to be almost impossible for employment to grow,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, professor emeritus of economics at Northeastern University.
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Antisemitism Still Reigns at Harvard

Simon J. Rabinovitch, a Northeastern University historian, wrote in Haaretz that German antisemites would “argue against Jewish civil equality on the grounds that Jews had always been, and would remain, Oriental foreign strangers in Europe.”