Massachusetts

Trump seeks headway on 'Buy American, Hire American' pledge

Washington - Arab Today

German sportswear giant Adidas sparked a social media outcry Tuesday after sending an email congratulating runners in the Boston Marathon for having "survived" the race. The choice of words jarred as memories remain fresh of the 2013 deadly bombing of the event in the Massachusetts city. "Congrats, you survived the Boston Marathon!" Adidas said in the subject line of anRead more

Santander USA to pay $26 mn in subprime auto settlement

New York - AFP

Santander will pay about $26 million to settle charges it engaged in predatory subprime auto lending and loan securitization in the US states of Massachusetts and Delaware. Santander Consumer USA, a unit of the large Spanish bank, worked through a series "fraud dealers" who targeted default-prone consumers for car loans at high interest rates, said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey,Read more

US spends 'Day Without Immigrants'

Washington - ArabToday

From burger joints to posh eateries, scores of Washington restaurants shut down Thursday as part of a protest with echoes across the United States against President Donald Trump’s treatment of immigrants. Some restaurants on the “Day Without Immigrants” closed out of solidarity with the largely low-earning people who staff them, a strike meant to show how important foreign born workersRead more

Massachusetts Institute develops robot for fishing

Washington - Rola Eissa

A group of engineers in Massachusetts Institute have developed a robot that can swim, produced from jelly-like material and can capture live fish using claws. You may not have the speed or sufficient dexterity in the use of hook, but the robot that was designed with funding from the US Army and is made of gel can give hunters someRead more

New Tech Could Read Books without Opening Them

Washington - QNA

People can now read books without opening them, thanks to a new device created by scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The machine uses beams of radiation to creep in between pages and scan individual letters. This new tool wasn't made to create disdain among classic readers or for those too lazy to liftRead more

Matt Damon slams Trump at MIT

Cambridge - Arab Today

Matt Damon spoke to Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates Friday and passed on a little advice he got from former President Bill Clinton. The actor, who grew up near the MIT campus and played a mathematically gifted MIT janitor in “Good Will Hunting,” listed what he described as some of the world’s greatest problems, including income inequality, a corrupt bankingRead more

3 killed, including suspect, in mass stabbing in US massachusetts

Washington - Arab Today

Two people were killed in a spate of stabbings Tuesday in Taunton, in US Massachusetts, authorities said. Six people were stabbed in two separate locations, according to Bristol County District Attorney Thomas Quinn. The suspect was killed during the attacks, Quinn said. "Tragedy hit hard this evening," Taunton Mayor Tom Hoye said. "Hopefully we can make some sense ofRead more