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Screens, schools and silent struggles

By Sabrina Garone
Published September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM EDT
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The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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The ChatGPT app is displayed on an iPhone in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming to Android phones. Unlike the web version, you can also ask it questions using your voice.

Parents express concerns over New York’s ban on cellphones in school. Connecticut sues the federal government over the stop work order on Revolution Wind. Drowning deaths are up in Suffolk County. Stamford officials consider banning leaf blowers from fall cleanup this year. Plus, Connecticut’s AI Academy sees high enrollment.

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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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