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After All Things

Expanding compensation

By Sabrina Garone
Published January 19, 2024 at 6:18 PM EST
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The annual Tribute in Light is illuminated above Lower Manhattan on the 21st anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
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The annual Tribute in Light is illuminated above Lower Manhattan on the 21st anniversary of 9/11 on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

More illnesses continue to be added to the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. Former President Trump will officially be on Connecticut’s Republican primary ballot. Long Islanders sound off on plans for a casino at the Nassau Hub. And a Pentagon report attributes a large number of military suicides to legal and administrative troubles.

This episode includes a story from theAmerican Homefront Project, a public media collaboration reporting on American military life and veterans.

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Sabrina Garone
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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