The VPC’s study has a lower overall number because it takes that data and then weeds out crimes with more than one victim or perpetrator, said VPC policy analyst Marty Langley, who authored the report. An analysis of the SHR data, available only in hard copy from the FBI, confirms those numbers are accurate for […]

U.S. officials joined Israeli counterparts in condemning yesterday’s attack, but the incident is unlikely to help strengthen the strained relationship between President Obama and Netanyahu. That strain stems from a disagreement over the response to Iran’s nuclear program and Israel’s settlement policy and it won’t end unless the two nations can find some common ground, […]

Northeastern University has joined with entrepreneurs worldwide to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week, an event-filled four days dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating the importance of innovation. From Monday through Thursday, the 20th, Northeastern will be hosting events and conversations centered on entrepreneurship, startups, investment and success. GEW itself is eight years old yet, for the second year in […]

You get the same sneaking suspicion every time you book a hotel or rent a car online: With each search, it seems the prices change, and you can’t help but wonder if sites are changing prices for you in particular. Well, they are—at least in some ways. A team of researchers at Northeastern University recently […]

Wedding bells are about to ring for convicted multiple murderer Charles Manson, arguably America’s most notorious of his ilk. Of course, Manson, the pied piper of the 1960s hippie movement, is not the first multiple killer to stand at the altar behind prison walls. Hillside Strangler Kenneth Bianchi and Night Stalker Richard Ramirez are just […]

The latest trend in assisted reproduction is egg-freezing parties, sales events often described as the “new Tupperware parties.” In the I Love Lucy era, Tupperware parties were a marketing breakthrough that made Tupperware plastic storage containers wildly successful. Hosting parties offered women a way to earn money at a time when Rosie the Riveter was […]

Certain US experts have pointed out that the American administration consistently uses trade working groups to push for more severe patenting regimes that favour Big Pharma. Professor Brook Baker of the Northeastern University School of Law has cautioned that the working group would give the US a dedicated forum to continue to pressure India to […]

A minimum six-game suspension can be imposed for offenses including assault, battery or domestic violence, with “aggravating circumstances that would warrant higher levels of discipline,” the NFL said. Smith said “litigation was inevitable” in fighting for Peterson. But the players union does not have much leverage beyond the bully pulpit to demand an independent arbitrator […]

The next generation of students getting ready to step into the world of higher education isn’t too worried about climate change, claims they always break up with a significant other in person—not via smartphone texts—and gets their news from online sources like the New York Times, rather than sites like Buzzfeed, according to the results […]

While placing a high value on higher education, the generation of young Americans now in their late teens can also be described as highly entrepreneurial and self-directed, a new national poll has found. On Tuesday, Northeastern University officials unveiled wide-ranging survey results detailing the life aspirations and social views held by Generation Z, or 16- […]

This past, cold Saturday morning, about 100 Boston high school students trekked to Northeastern University to spend the day work-shopping their college essays as application deadlines approach for seniors. The College Essay Boot Camp — a day organized by 826 Boston, a nonprofit organization focusing on students’ writing skills, and Northeastern — provides the unique […]

The Special Commission to Study the Commonwealth’s Criminal Justice System on Tuesday began debating legislative recommendations members plan to make to strengthen post-release supervision, improve prisoner reentry outcomes and reduce recidivism, and address overcrowding in the state’s jails and prisons. “Drug offenses are a huge reason we have so much overcrowding in the prison system,” […]