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Watch Live: President Biden's Speech To The U.N. General Assembly

Updated September 21, 2021 at 10:17 AM ET President Biden is addressing the United Nations General Assembly on a range of issues, including COVID-19, climate change and the withdrawal from Afghanistan. Here are the highlights: Update at 10:12 a.m. ET President Biden told the delegates that the U.S. has ended "20 years of conflict in Afghanistan, and as we close this period of relentless war, we're opening a new era of relentless diplomacy. Of using the power of our development aid to invest...

Classical Music Highlight: Prokofiev's Perfect Summer Day

Johnson & Johnson Says Its Booster Shot Provides Increased Protection From COVID-19

Why The City Will Survive The Age Of Pandemics And Remote Work

Bad predictions are an occupational hazard for forecasters. And, on this front, the late futurist Alvin Toffler was not immune. Human cloning by the 1980s? Nope. Toffler was a renowned writer who accurately described many forces that would reshape the world. But along with his many good predictions, there were many bad ones. And what only a few years ago looked like another one of his duds — that remote work would kill the office and lead to urban decline — may now seem prophetic. In his 1980...

Suffolk County Expands Water Infrastructure, Small Business Programs In New Budget

Far From Texas, The Virginia Governor's Race Will Test How Abortion Motivates Voters

New 'Higher Ground' Podcast Explores Climate Change Solutions

This is “Higher Ground” from WSHU Public Radio, where we visit communities that are already coping with rising tides and climate change.

Suffolk County Expands Water Infrastructure, Small Business Programs In New Budget

By J.D. Allen • 2 hours ago

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has included $125 million in funding to protect drinking water and fix old wastewater infrastructure in his proposed $3.9 billion budget for next year.

After All Things: Getting Our Money’s Worth?

By Sabrina Garone & Bill Buchner • 17 hours ago

A Long Island environmental fund is getting a long overdue audit. Connecticut lacks affordable housing outside of its cities, fighting West Nile virus on Long Island, and finding ways to adapt to climate change.

New York Assembly Considers Limiting A Pesticide Linked To Bee Deaths

By Karen DeWitt • 17 hours ago

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The New York state Assembly held a hearing on whether the state should strictly limit the use of a chemical in pesticides linked to the die-off of honeybees, and population declines of other insects and birds.

Lamont Cheers Pfizer Announcement On Vaccine Effectiveness For Young Children

By Ebong Udoma • 17 hours ago

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont is encouraged by Pfizer's announcement that its COVID-19 vaccines are safe for 5 to 11 year olds.

Housing Report Shows Smaller Connecticut Towns Keep Out Affordable Housing

By Davis Dunavin • 17 hours ago

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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Affordable housing has become more available in Connecticut’s cities — but not as much in small towns, according to a report on nearly two decades of housing data in the state.

Norwalk Housing Complex Destroyed During Superstorm Sandy Rebuilt For Climate Change

By Ebong Udoma • 17 hours ago

Conn. Gov. Ned Lamont — Jessica Hill / AP

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Connecticut’s oldest public housing development has been fully rebuilt after it took extensive flood damage during Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The restored $185-million complex is in Norwalk.