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.”

In short, the long and short of the sleeve trend is that there is no short of it. Nor is there any shortage of it. And it will be a long while before we see our hands again. According to Frances McSherry, fashion historian at Boston’s Northeastern University, there are many historical precedents for the […]

For every interview you have, when your interviewer comes to greet you, ensure that you look them in the eye. In a study by Northeastern University, “Those who consistently made eye contact while speaking were considered more intelligent than those who did not.” It’s good to practice making eye contact. Get used to looking directly […]

Researchers have demonstrated that a small molecule can transport iron in human cells and live animals when proteins that normally do the same job are missing, a condition that often causes severe anemia in patients. Such “molecular prosthetics” might treat a host of incurable diseases caused by protein deficiencies, such as anemias, cystic fibrosis or […]

Addiction specialists and public health officials on Thursday chided Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price for belittling the use of medications considered the standard of care for the treatment of opioid addiction. Methadone users have faced stigma for decades, and Price’s statement “goes against decades of evidence that has been extremely difficult to translate […]

A study conducted by the Model Alliance, a labor advocacy group for models, with researchers from Northeastern University and Harvard University found that 64.1 percent of a pool of models surveyed at New York’s Fashion Week had been asked to lose weight by their agencies, while 48.7 percent routinely fasted or restricted their diets to […]

A team from Northeastern University developed a new model to predict the spread of the flu in real time using Twitter. The researchers collected location data from more than 50 million tweets that contained words related to the flu, like coughing and vomiting. The data gave the researchers an idea of early flu activity around […]