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Prison guards beat him and shattered his face. Eight years later, this formerly incarcerated man glimpses justice.
The legal standard that the courts use is this, said Northeastern University Law professor Daniel Medwed: An employer is typically only responsible for the conduct of an employee when that conduct falls “within the scope of employment.”
When You Step Inside This Lab, You Must Whip It
Whip cracking can showcase “the pinnacle of human skill, and we as scientists do not understand it,” said Dagmar Sternad, a biologist and engineer at Northeastern University in Boston.
The Pandemic May Have Changed Gun Ownership In America For The Long Haul
Research also shows higher risks for violence in homes with guns, especially homicides committed by men against women, according to Matthew Miller, a professor at Northeastern University who studies gun violence and suicide prevention.
The Deadly Collision of Racism and Mental Illness
In reality, people who experience mental illness are far more likely to be the victims of violence than to carry it out, notes Carlos Cuevas, a clinical psychologist and professor at Northeastern University who studies hate crimes.
Three Ways to Build Back Smarter After Hurricane Ian
“There’s no point in repeating the same mistakes in exactly the same way,” said Auroop R. Ganguly, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University.
Russian State TV Defends Drunk Conscripts Amid Mobilization Failures
Larissa Doroshenko, a Russian disinformation expert who is a teaching associate at Boston’s Northeastern University, said that state media outlets had to address the botched mobilization because criticism from citizens made it impossible to ignore.
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In Hurricane Ian’s aftermath, new head of FEMA faces historic challenge
“She is someone who actually has responded to threats. She has experience in the field, she knows what it’s like to be on the frontlines,” said Daniel Aldrich, the director of the Security and Resilience Studies Program at Northeastern University.
A ‘Black Tax’ Costs US Cities Millions They Can’t Afford
As part of its socially responsible investing initiatives, Breckinridge Capital, working with Duke and Northeastern University researchers, found a Black tax about half the size of Wynter’s. Even then, when they did the math for the entire US, it came to almost $900 million a year.
Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings march on
The massacre is part of a horrifying uptick of shootings with especially high numbers of people killed, said James Alan Fox, a professor of criminology, law and public policy at Northeastern University in Boston.
From the archives: USA TODAY’s coverage of the Jeffrey Dahmer case as it really unfolded
James Fox, a Northeastern University criminologist and an authority on serial killers, said the crime is atypical of most serial killers, who are usually careful about covering up evidence of killings and controlled in how they kill.
Hospitals in Coastal Cities Risk Flooding Even in ‘Weak’ Hurricanes, Study Finds
Hospitals cannot be “a resilient island in a fragile ocean,” said Auroop R. Ganguly, a geosciences and civil engineering professor at Northeastern University who was not involved in the study.
As Ian batters Florida, Puerto Ricans fear being forgotten
“We really can’t look at this event without looking at both the extreme vulnerability of the power grid and the people,” said Laura Kuhl, an assistant professor at Northeastern University who has done research demonstrating an inequitable recovery in Puerto Rico after Maria.