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Massachusetts

One-time owner of gun Marathon bombers used pleads guilty

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who at one time was in possession of the gun that the Boston Marathon bombers used to kill a police officer has pleaded guilty to related charges. Merhawi "Howie" Berhe (muhr-HAW'-ee burr-HEE'), of Cambridge, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court

Maura Healey

Healey hopes MIT forum will help shape data initiative

STATE HOUSE — Striking a balance between privacy and innovation will be the theme of a forum Thursday that Attorney General Maura Healey hopes will shape her office's work around the protection of consumer data. The forum, held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is a collaboration among Healey&

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MIT hackers compete to shine spotlight on cybersecurity

BOSTON (AP) — Students from MIT and Britain's University of Cambridge will spend the weekend hacking one another's computers, with the blessing of their national leaders. The two schools are competing in a hacking contest that U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron

Cambridge

Marvin Minsky, pioneer of artificial intelligence at MIT, dies

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Marvin Minsky, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who saw parallels in the functioning of the human brain and computers, died Sunday at age 88. The university said Minsky died Sunday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in

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M.I.T. research finds special needs students benefit from charter school education

STATE HOUSE — Special education students and English language learners enrolled at charter schools are more likely to earn higher scores on the state's standardized tests and reach certain other achievement markers than their peers in district schools, according to a study of Boston students presented Monday. The study,

Immigration

Home inspiration for Indian entrepreneur

By all accounts Suman Lal was headed for a career in medicine, but it was conversations with a fellow scientist Pradeep Paul Panengad about how women struggle with their hair that launched him into the development of a new product that could change hair salons all over the world. Current

Cambridge

For first time, MIT’s free online classes can lead to degree

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has offered free online courses for the last four years with one major downside: They didn't count toward a degree. That's about to change. In a pilot project announced Wednesday, students will be able to take a semester

Massachusetts

Medical schools leaders commit to pain management teaching

Written by Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE — In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid epidemic, state officials and deans of the four medical schools in Massachusetts have agreed to collaborate in the development of a set of principles to teach their students about pain management and safe prescribing of opioids.