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Term Limits for Congress Are Overwhelmingly Popular—What’s Stopping Them?

Daniel Urman, a law professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek on Thursday that the ruling means neither Congress nor state legislatures can “add qualifications for being in Congress beyond those already in the Constitution.”
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Key Takeaways From Ohio, Indiana and Michigan Elections Ahead of Midterms

Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Northeastern University, told Newsweek the results painted a “mixed picture” for Trump and Republicans.
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Raw Milk Is In the News Again—Here’s What You Need to Know

Raw milk, on the other hand, has not been pasteurized. “Pasteurization—the ideal ‘kill-step’—is simply heating milk to kill harmful microbes,” says Darin Detwiler, a professor at Northeastern University. 
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Smart, cheap, deadly: Local firms create next-gen military drones

The Pentagon’s frantic efforts to build weapons systems fast and cheap is long overdue, according to Stephen Flynn, director of the Defense Industrial Base Institute at Northeastern University.
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Pen pal programs have evolved, but old-fashioned letter writing could be coming back

Psychology professor at Northeastern University, Laurie Kramer, says sending and receiving handwritten letters creates a special bond.
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Spirit Airlines is no more, but two of their planes are still sitting at Logan Airport. What happens next?

Ravi Sarathy, a Northeastern University business professor who studies the airline and aircraft industries, said the planes will likely be put back into service with another airline or temporarily stored in the Southwest, where the dry climate will cause less damage to the aircraft.
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I slept in Ted Turner’s bed

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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Human-to-Human Transmission of Hantavirus May Have Occurred on Cruise Ship

Transmission of hantavirus on a cruise ship is very rare and human-to-human transmission of the Andes virus would likely occur through bodily fluids, said Dr. Neil Maniar, a professor of public health practice at Northeastern University.
Parents

4 Baby Name Traits Linked To ‘Star Power’

There isn’t necessarily a downside to picking an original name that rolls off the tongue, is easy to remember, and has no negative associations to date. But importantly, Laurie Kramer, PhD, a Northeastern University professor of applied psychology, reminds parents, “Names have meanings.”
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Massachusetts economy outpaced US growth in Q1, says UMass group

“Jobless growth is consistent with all, or almost all, economic growth being driven by productivity gains,” said Alan Clayton-Matthews, senior contributing editor and professor emeritus of economics and public policy at Northeastern University.
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Joe Biden Jumps Into Midterms. Do Democrats Care?

But his endorsement still could be influential in these races, Costas Panagopoulos, political science professor at Northeastern University, told Newsweek on Monday.
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He Couldn’t Land a Job Interview. Was AI to Blame?

“It feels very dystopian to me,” one job seeker told researchers from Northeastern University. “My worthiness as a human and as an employee, as a worker, is based on my ability to filter myself through a series of automated gateways.”