“There have been a number of arrests of IS sympathisers, and in general it seems like there has been a real but late crackdown on IS in Turkey,” said Max Abrahms, a terrorism expert and professor at Northeastern University. “The fact that there would then be presumably an IS attack against Turkey isn’t at all […]

Scientists have since scoured ocean beds and deep caves for micro-organisms that make new compounds but had come up empty-handed – until, that is, earlier this year when a team from Northeastern University in Boston, US, announced they had discovered 25 potential new compounds in the soil. One of them, teixobactin, showed promise in laboratory […]

Max Abrahms, a political science professor at Northeastern University who studies terrorism, said there has been a “statistically significant uptick” in domestic terrorism in the United States. “And most of these attackers are lone wolves,” he said. Last month’s shooting in South Carolina — allegedly at the hands of a white supremacist — resulted in […]

In May, Chemerinsky told Al Jezeera that an investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice would also be “appropriate.” Daniel Medwed, a law professor at Northeastern University, also said a federal investigation could be the answer. “The feds do this frequently with police departments,” Medwed said.  

But while the definition may be correct, says WGBH legal analyst Daniel Medwed, with the conclusion is flawed. “If you look at the FBI’s definition of terrorism, it cross references a definition contained in the US code. So that’s one definition from the FBI but it departs from how other people have defined terrorism.  Some people […]

Dan Kennedy, an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University and the author of the Media Nation blog, tweeted out the million-dollar question this morning: “Is the @BostonGlobe pushing too hard in its latest digital rate increase?” In an email, Kennedy said he suspected most of the people reading the Globe won’t stop just because […]

The source argued the raids “targeted only very low-profile ISIS members” and came at a time when “the US is putting a lot of pressure” on Turkey to cooperate more. Max Abrahms, professor of political science at Northeastern University and a member at the US Council on Foreign Relations think-tank, said Turkey’s latest steps were […]

In taking over as the newly appointed Jean C. Tempel Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Northeastern University’sD’Amore-McKim School of Business, Fernando Suarez brings a wealth of entrepreneurial and educational experience thanks to his time spent living, researching, and working on four different continents. Throughout his career as an educator, Suarez has worked for Boston […]

There have been 15 mass killings so far this year, claiming 74 lives. Two have occurred in the past two days: the shootings of two adults and two teenagers in Holly Hill, S.C. Wednesday and four Marines gunned down at a military recruitment center inChattanooga, Tenn., today. Roughly 80% of the mass killings in the […]

Amazon had 41 million Prime members in the first quarter of 2015, according to estimates by Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. The market research firm said Prime members spend an average of $1,100 annually on the site, $400 more than other Amazon customers. Prime Day “is not a reward to existing Prime members, and it’s not […]

The Boston policy requiring developers to accommodate lower-income residents in even the most expensive buildings is being scrutinized as cities struggle to provide affordable housing. Helping lottery winners such as Lane live in swanky digs limits the construction of properties elsewhere that can accommodate more people, said Barry Bluestone, an economist at Northeastern University. “It’s […]

Could drones be used to spot sharks off the coast of Massachusetts? More and more people are starting to support the idea.