The Huntington Theatre Company and Northeastern University will form a new educational alliance focused on professional experiential learning for young theatre artists beginning with the 2017-2018 season. The relationship will allow the Huntington to continue its educational mission of preparing students for careers in the theatre industry while aligning with Northeastern’s commitment to integrating academic […]

Prosecutors deserve credit for engaging in the painstaking process of analyzing the merits of each affected conviction and ultimately doing the right thing. But they did so only after the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts put a figurative gun to their heads. In January, the SJC imposed a deadline for prosecutors to determine which cases […]

A criminal defense attorney who campaigned on a progressive platform — promising not to lock up nonviolent offenders and to end both cash bail and mass incarceration —is the favored contender to become Philadelphia’s next top prosecutor. “The era of tough-on-crime rhetoric is coming to a close as voters realize that overzealous prosecutors have abused their power […]

As members of Congress look to see a memo James Comey wrote claiming President Trump asked him to stop investigating Michael Flynn, some are accusing the president of obstruction of justice. While Northeastern University law professor Michael Meltsner says there may be evidence of abuse of power, he doesn’t believe there is enough evidence for […]

Meet Valkyrie: She’s 6 feet and 2 inches tall, weighs about 300 pounds, and cost $2 million — and one day this humanoid space robot, or more likely her much more advanced descendant, might help humans colonize Mars. NASA has provided MIT and Northeastern University with Valkyrie prototypes for further development; Northeastern’s Valkyrie is hosted […]

Robotics expert Taskin Padir says robotics and automation will have “brand new implications” for large, medium and small companies. These will include training the existing workforce with new skills such as supervising robots and developing strategies for integration of the robot workforce into the human workforce. “It only makes sense if these strategies and operational […]

Boston police agreed to release two videos with some blurring to protect people’s privacy after 5 Investigates and Northeastern University School of Journalism asked to “review and obtain copies of video recorded by body cameras.” But even as the Northeastern students worked on narrowing their request to a few dozen cases, they had trouble getting […]

Nearly three years have passed since Conrad Roy committed suicide in a Fairhaven parking lot and prosecutors began developing a criminal case against Michelle Carter, the Plainville teen whose harrowing text messages arguably spurred Roy to kill himself. After several delays, the case is scheduled for trial in early June. WGBH’s Morning Edition host Bob […]

I found the comments of these uninformed voters to be both amusing and disturbing — and something else as well. At a time of an emerging crisis over what the president knew about the Russia connection and when he knew it, we are so hopelessly divided by partisanship and tribal loyalties that we are incapable […]

Harvard will host its first ever university-wide black commencement. On campuses across the country, there are also Lavender Ceremonies for LGBT students and RAZA celebrations for Latino students. Student organizers say the goal is to have a safe space to honor unique student achievements. Critics say it’s segregation and there should be one commencement for […]

Last night on Saturday Night Live, a spoof advertisement for an “Alexa Silver” poked gentle fun at how an Alexa speaker could be used with the elderly to do things like listen to their long, rambling stories (and respond with “uh-huh”), as well as answer questions even when addressed as “Alaina,” “Allegra,” “Aretha,” or other […]

Drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, a law professor at Northeastern University, told Politico the Trump administration’s plan to criminalize the nation’s drug crisis — combined with plans to cut funding for treatment and research — “will certainly make the situation much worse.”