A study last year by the Congressional Research Service found that from 1999 to 2013 assault rifles were used in 27 percent public mass shootings, which it defines as the killing of four or more people in a relatively public place. Dating back to 1982, the rate is 24 percent, according to research by James […]

Level, a new two-month boot camp from Northeastern University, that focuses on data analytics can be an alternative to a full graduate degree program. The goal in coming years is to offer programming in a similar format in a variety of disciplines, including engineering, health, and liberal arts, says Nick Ducoff, vice president for new […]

Well, T-Mobile CEO John Legere, it might be time to get back onto your video tweet responses: a group of Northeastern University researchers are releasing a research paper on Thursday that questions the mobile carrier’s “Binge On” program, which provides smartphone users with free data for certain video streaming services, though at slower download speeds. […]

“Puerto Rico has lost half of its manufacturing jobs. Just gone” said Amílcar Barreto, a political scientist at Boston’s Northeastern University who researches nationalism and ethnic politics, largely focusing on Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico has actually lost slightly more than half of its manufacturing base since 1996,nearly 100,000 jobs. The island has suffered a decade of economic stagnation […]

“When we talk about mass killing, we talk about it as criminal homicide,” James Alan Fox, a criminology professor at Northeastern University, tells me. “And, generally, killing related to military operations, wartime, etc., is not criminal homicide. It’s homicide, but not criminal homicide.” Although there are times when American troops kill civilians and are prosecuted […]

The high court’s ruling signals that Puerto Rico is out of practical options and has little alternative but to await for Washington’s fiscally castigating hammer to fall. Budgetary retribution is expected to come in the form of a federally appointed control board empowered to bypass the budgetary powers of the island’s elected governor and legislature. […]

Banning the Washington Post from covering his campaign rallies isn’t just a sign of Donald Trump’s distrust of the press. Reporters are an early warning system. History shows that politicians who turn against the media and cut off their access don’t stop there. Remember Richard Nixon. Nixon made no bones about it — he hated […]

It has now been three years since Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance program. It was the largest breach of classified material in U.S. history, heroic by some lights, traitorous by others. What cannot be denied is that Snowden’s actions triggered a national debate about civil liberties, surveillance, and […]

Online propaganda is merely stoking the fire rather than igniting it, some experts said. “Imagine if Match.com were set up in such a way that the people could never meet,” said Max Abrahms, a professor at Northeastern University who has studied extremist groups. “Clearly there’s no replacement for actual socialization in person.”

Amazon doesn’t reveal the specific formula for deciding which seller gets featured—nor how much it favors Amazon products itself—but it is upfront that it looks at factors other than just price, including stock, customer service, and fast shipping. But a new study, by three researchers at Northeastern University, found another factor may have a perhaps […]

PK Agarwal holds one of the more unusual posts in academia — he is regional dean and CEO of Northeastern University Silicon Valley. “Northeastern has a disruptive view of the future,” said Agarwal, explaining why he is running a campus all the way across the continent from the university’s home base in Boston. The university […]

Law enforcement officials have described the shooting at the gay nightclub in Orlando as a terrorist act. The shooter expressed solidarity with Islamic State in a 911 call. “Terrorism is often said to have a political motivation. But take the politics out and they look a lot like other mass killings in the U.S.: hate-motivated acts […]