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Video games may be a surprisingly good way to get a cognitive boost

Aaron Seitz, a professor of psychology and the director of the Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well–being at Northeastern University, discusses how video games nehances complex cognitive skills.
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Rob Reiner and the fading clout of Hollywood liberalism

Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a contributing Globe Opinion writer.
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Soundtracks of our lives

This is Rebecca Kleinberger. She is a professor of humanics and voice technology at Northeastern University, and much of her research focuses on the relationship we have to our own voice, what it sounds like to us and how we think it comes across to others.

DraftKings backed Healey’s political nonprofit on housing. Other funders are a mystery

Costas Panagopoulos, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said these nonprofits provide elected officials with a tool to influence politics without having to name donors.
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Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body was never found

During the trial, prosecutors did an excellent job of introducing circumstantial evidence and providing the breadcrumbs that led the jury down the path toward finding premeditation, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University.
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Brian Walshe is sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his wife, whose body was never found

During the trial, prosecutors did an excellent job of introducing circumstantial evidence and providing the breadcrumbs that led the jury down the path toward finding premeditation, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University.
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Donald Trump Is Making Joe Biden’s Fatal Mistake

Costas Panagopoulos, a professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek there are similarities in how both Trump and Biden have focused on some positive indicators, but that others more directly affecting people “aren’t so rosy.”
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Pam Bondi dismissed charges against a surgeon who falsified vaccine cards. It emboldened others with similar cases.

This was a breach of medical ethics because doctors have a duty to build trust between their community and the health care system, said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s Center for Health Policy and Law.
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Massachusetts Men Charged With Nearly $7 Million in SNAP Fraud

Christopher Bosso, a professor of public policy and political science at Northeastern University in Boston who has studied SNAP, said the program is so large it’s bound to have some level of malfeasance, similar to other large government entities. 
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Brian Walshe’s defense faced an ‘uphill battle’ in trial for wife’s murder

For the defense, the trial itself “was an uphill battle from the jump,” according to Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, despite the prosecution’s lack of concrete evidence about how Ana died and definitive proof of premeditation – an element needed to convict Walshe of first-degree murder.
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Pam Bondi Dismissed Charges Against a Surgeon Who Falsified Vaccine Cards. It Emboldened Others With Similar Cases.

But some children who received saline shots at their parents’ request falsely believed they were being vaccinated against COVID-19, according to court filings and Moore. This was a breach of medical ethics because doctors have a duty to build trust between their community and the health care system, said Wendy Parmet, director of Northeastern University’s […]
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Colorado River Water Contamination Is Impacting Certain Groups More: Report

Phil Brown, a professor of sociology and health sciences and director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek: “The research points out that Native American, Hispanic and Black populations, have lower access to resources for mitigation and recovery, and less power in organizational and institution policies that provide water and monitor […]