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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.
Times of India

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.”
U.S. News & World Report

Could Mom’s Acetaminophen Use in Pregnancy Lead to Language Delays in Kids?

Woodbury led the research while a graduate student at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She’s now a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University in Boston.
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What is Ray Flynn’s legacy in light of the Charles Stuart case?

Today Ted Landsmark, a professor of urban policy at Northeastern University, still believes those Flynn hires represent “a significant breakthrough not just for the city but for the state as well. 
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Has the time finally come for ‘forever chemicals’ in Mass.?

The writer is a University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Health Sciences at Northeastern.
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Abortion Pill Advance Orders Face Risky Future in Court Battle

That FDA decision “made it somewhat easier” for patients to access the drug, said Wendy Parmet, a Northeastern University law professor.
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The lawsuit is also interesting because it is the first instance of a claim against a generative AI company with a significant public valuation, said Michael Bennett, director of education curriculum and business lead for responsible AI at Northeastern University.
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In wake of Burlington, Vt., shooting, experts say hate crime prosecutions are difficult and uncommon

Jack Levin, professor emeritus at Northeastern University and co-director of the Brudnick Center on Violence and Conflict, said prosecutions under hate crime laws “send a message to the victims that there are many other people in this county or city or state who care about them.”