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Gratitude: Good For The Soul, Good For Your Wallet

A Northeastern University study demonstrated the correlation between gratitude and patience.
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Railroad workers aren’t the only Americans without paid sick days

The lack of paid sick leave hurts both workers and the economy, said Seth Harris, professor at Northeastern University and former top labor policy adviser to President Joe Biden.
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America’s syringe exchanges kill drug users

Leo Beletsky, a former drug dealer, now at Northeastern University, deems Ms Packham’s findings “nonsensical” and thinks her paper should not have been published.
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‘Family tragedy’: 10-year-old Wisconsin boy charged as adult in fatal shooting of mother

In 2018, James Alan Fox from Northeastern University told the Associated Press there were only 44 children age 10 or younger who were believed to be responsible for homicides in the U.S. from 2007 to 2016.
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‘It gave me hope’: Financial literacy organizations empower marginalized youth with knowledge

“If you seed [financial literacy] early, it will be beneficial to all populations and certainly to disproportionately disadvantaged populations,” said Vincent Muscolino, a finance lecturer at Northeastern University, adding that such efforts could help set up “building blocks over the course of a lifetime.”
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Want to Grow Your Money? Try This Scientific Secret to a Richer Life

A well-cited 2016 Northeastern University study found that embracing the good in our lives today makes us value and want to protect the future more.
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Post-Roe, contraceptive failures carry bigger stakes

Navigating the failure rates of birth control medicines and medical devices is just one aspect of preventing pregnancy. Ensuring a male sexual partner uses a condom can require negotiation or persuasion skills that can be difficult to navigate, said Jennifer Evans, an assistant teaching professor and health education specialist at Northeastern University.

Mass. colleges continue to encourage, if not require, newest COVID booster as holidays approach

Ed Gavaghan, a spokesperson for Northeastern, said via email the school has no plans to require the second booster and that it “has consistently followed scientific data and public health requirements to maintain safe and open campuses throughout the pandemic.”
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Making Sure Your Thanksgiving Dinner Is as Safe as It Is Tasty

But it’s even more important that the food you serve is safe to eat, says Darin Detwiler,  food safety expert at Northeastern University.
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The ‘millionaires tax’ is a big change for Massachusetts. What happens now?

“Businesses are constantly talking about the need for better transportation infrastructure, and they are constantly talking about the difficulty of finding skilled workers,” said Peter Enrich, an emeritus professor of tax law at Northeastern University who advised the ballot measure’s supporters. 
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Biden and Democrats use ‘assault weapons ban’ to position for 2024

“With new mass shootings seemingly on each passing day, it may get harder and harder for Republicans to resist,” Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern University’s political science chairman, said. “There may be an opening for a compromise in the lame-duck session.”
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How often do mass killings happen at work? Data shows public shootings are fraction of US violence.

So far this year, 202 people have died in 40 mass killings across the nation, according to a database of mass killings maintained through a partnership between USA TODAY, The Associated Press and Northeastern University.