Boston Herald Mayer: Trump the biggest loser vs. Hillary Why is Trump doing so poorly in the general election matchups? The simple answer is that, while Trump’s boorish behavior and lack of preparation for the job may not have scared off a hard core of Republican primary voters, they have had a devastating impact on his standing among moderates and independents, the key constituencies […]
Can Camille Cosby be forced to testify against her husband? It’s murky. Under the rule, Camille Cosby would not have to discuss her private discussions with her husband, said Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University School of Law. But, Medwed said, many other questions would be fair game. “Did you ever observe your husband engage in sex act with someone else? Did you observe him with Quaaludes?” he […]
Voice of America Yemen war intensifies amid Saudi-Iran diplomatic standoff Analysts say the biggest losers in this rivalry are countries like Yemen, embroiled in regional conflicts seen as proxy-wars for Saudi Arabia and Iran, the two most powerful countries in the region. Besides geopolitical and economic competition, the two countries are at the heart of the regional sectarian divide. Saudi Arabia is the main Sunni […]
PolitiFact PolitiFact Sheet: 3 things to know about the ‘gun show loophole’ Professors at Northeastern and Harvard universities conducted a gun survey in 2015 that isn’t yet published. The national survey of 4,000 non-institutionalized adults found that 22 percent of the people who purchased guns — at gun shows, stores or elsewhere — underwent no background check, said Matthew Miller, professor of Health Sciences and Epidemiology at […]
Obama tightens background checks on sales of guns “It’s not a very long drive to Rhode Island or New Hampshire,” said Jack McDevitt, associate dean for research and graduate studies at Northeastern University and chairman of the gun violence task force assembled by House Speaker Robert DeLeo. “This will start to put a floor down on who can acquire guns across the country.” […]
Boston Herald N. Korea says ‘miniaturized’ H-bomb tested Max Abrahms, a political science professor at Northeastern University, said reports of a test could lead to days of international wrangling over how to respond to this latest nuclear flexing from Pyongyang. “North Korea has gone under the radar insofar as the media has been focused on the Middle East. From a nuclear perspective we […]
Politico What he talked about From sports to threats to foreign countries, here are seven years of Obama’s preoccupations in the speeches he gave—charted.
Yahoo! Feds say gigantic IRA accounts are a tax problem Maybe one day those accounts will turn into mega-million-dollar IRAs. In the meantime, critics of the conclusions drawn by the GAO report, such as Tim Gagnon, say people need more carrots for retirement savings, not fewer. “They are going after an underlying issue that isn’t the underlying issue. It’s more worrying that people don’t put […]
Popsci Big idea for 2016: A new weapon to fight superbugs In 2015, scientists discovered the first new antibiotic in three decades. Called teixobactin, it works against several of the superbugs, such as MRSA, that today’s drugs seem powerless to wipe out. That’s a big win in an age of growing antibiotic resistance. But perhaps even more pivotal is the tool that made its discovery possible. Antibiotics […]
Evaluating President Obama’s moves to tighten gun regulations President Obama announced Tuesday executive actions to curb gun violence and deaths from guns in America. Among the changes, anyone in the business of selling firearms would be required to conduct background checks. That change would close what gun control advocates say is a loophole that allows criminals to buy firearms from gun shows or […]
Nanowerk Launching the Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions Nanomedicine uses nanotechnology for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease. Northeastern boasts several pioneers in the field, including Thomas Webster, the Art Zafiropoulo Chair in Engineering and the chair of Northeastern’s chemical engineering department, and Srinivas Sridhar, Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and director of Northeastern’s Electronic Materials Research Institute.Recently the two […]
Yahoo! Why Seattle is scoring victories against labor traffickers Farrell, the Northeastern criminologist, says a key need is to train and motivate other government agencies – like licensing and inspection officials who visit farms or restaurants – so they can give more tips to law enforcement. “Labor trafficking cases are so hard to see in many ways, that it really takes people being trained […]