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A water pump drains a flooded house after a night of high winds and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Thursday in Mamaroneck, N.Y.
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A water pump drains a flooded house after a night of high winds and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on Thursday in Mamaroneck, N.Y.

The City of New Haven has received a state grant to address flooding in the Westville neighborhood. Connecticut pharmacies can now prescribe birth control. New York needs more state troopers. And the FBI is warning parents about a rise in cases of sextortion.

Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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