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When it rains, it pours

By Sabrina Garone
Published September 29, 2023 at 4:54 PM EDT
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A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Brooklyn.
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A man works to clear a drain in flood waters, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023, in Brooklyn.

Connecticut and Long Island will experience heavy rains through tonight. The search is on for an election monitor in Bridgeport. And the battle over affirmative action continues, this time at West Point.

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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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