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Minimizing distraction

By Sabrina Garone
Published March 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM EDT
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14-year-old Henry, right, and Angel, 15, use their phones to view social media.
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14-year-old Henry, right, and Angel, 15, use their phones to view social media.

A bill restricting cell phones in schools advances in Connecticut. Governor Hochul proposes some new changes to New York’s criminal justice system. A yearly animal ritual in New England is not quite the same as it once was. Plus, a look at a new exhibit at Hartford’s Wadsworth Atheneum.

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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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