https://apnews.com/857e18fd263d4a0d8a51eeba5f24d731 > CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The director of a prestigious research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Massachusetts resigned Saturday following uproar over his financial ties with financier Jeffrey Epstein. > Joi Ito sent an email to the Cambridge university's provost saying he's stepping down, The New York Times reported Saturday. Ito shared the email with the newspaper.