Seventeen mass killings have occurred this year in the U.S., the lowest since 2006.

Law enforcement officials says authorities are examining whether the employee who reported an explosion at Northeastern University may have lied to investigators and staged the incident.

A package has exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston, and the college says a staff member suffered minor injuries.

A former track and field coach at Boston's Northeastern University has been charged with using bogus social media accounts to try to trick female student-athletes into sending him nude photos of themselves.