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Daily Mail

You MUST eat these five foods on the same day you cook or open them to avoid getting sick, hygiene experts warn

Dr Darin Detwiler, a food safety expert at Northeastern University in Boston and former FDA and USDA food safety advisor, told DailyMail.com that ‘cantaloupe should never be kept for an extra day in the fridge because pathogens like salmonella and listeria grow quickly. 
CBC News

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza. A ground invasion is expected. Does Hamas have an endgame?

“[It] could intensify grievances against Israel, strengthening a revenge impact among the Palestinian population,” said Max Abrahms, an associate political science professor at Northeastern University in Boston, and an expert in international security, especially in the areas of terrorism and counterterrorism.
Nature.com

Climate loss-and-damage funding: how to get money to where it’s needed fast

By Laura Kuhl, Professor at Northeastern University.
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‘Botticelli Drawings’ Review: A Master Painter’s Skills on Paper

Ms. Brothers is a professor at Northeastern University and the author of “Giuliano da Sangallo and the Ruins of Rome” (Princeton).
The Portland Press Herald

Roux Institute awarded nearly $1 million for clean energy incubator program

The Roux Institute, a part of Northeastern University, opened in Portland in 2020 as a graduate school and research center and has plans to expand its campus in the coming years.
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Double mass shootings over weekend set grim U.S. record

The Washington Post calls a shooting in which four people are killed, excluding the shooter, a “mass killing with a gun,” because the term “mass shooting” has no universal definition. The database The Post uses is compiled by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University and dates to 2006. Learn more about mass killings here.
Washington Examiner

Biden admission about 2024 hesitancy fuels criticism of a ‘delusional’ campaign

While Biden announced presidential campaigns in 1988 and 2008 and has repeated how he promised his late son Beau he would contest the White House, Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern University political science chairman and professor, concurred with Democrats that Joe Biden “may never have stepped forward if it were not for Trump in the first place.”
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Mass. families watch as Supreme Court questions Sackler shield in Purdue’s opioid settlement

Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, said he is concerned the high-profile bankruptcy case and the debate over financial accountability for the Sacklers have distracted from larger public policy issues, such as how to better regulate pharmaceutical companies and expand access to medications like naloxone that can prevent overdose deaths.
Forward

How an Israeli TikToker’s little-known song became the soundtrack to emotional wartime reunions

“Music can produce shared allegiances and feelings of unity. In times of extreme crisis, people turn to the music that they most need as an attempt to stabilize their emotions [so they can] continue and persist,” says Murray Forman, professor of Media & Screen Studies at Northeastern University in Boston. 
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‘Becoming Ella Fitzgerald’ presents the First Lady of Song as a consummate artist who wrote for both the connoisseur and the public

Tick follows Fitzgerald through her years with Chick Webb’s orchestra, subsequent tours with Jazz at the Philharmonic, and collaborations with numerous fellow icons such as Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Nelson Riddle, and Count Basie. A former music history professor at Northeastern University, Tick writes authoritatively about the various subgenres that Fitzgerald dips into and out […]
System Update with Glenn Greenwald

Taibbi/Shellenberger Clash with Censorship Regime in Congress (Again).

DEBATE: Glenn & Israel Supporter, Max Abrahms Discuss War in Gaza.
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US Senate Republicans block assault-style weapons ban as mass shootings rise

The United States had 39 mass shootings in 2023 so far, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press, USA Today and Northeastern University, which defines a mass shooting as one in which at least four people are killed, not including the shooter.