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2 days ago | wshu.org | Desiree D'iorio

Long Island school districts have a little over a month left to finalize and publish their so-called “distraction-free” policies as New York prepares to implement a statewide ban on smart devices during the school day this fall. Schools have until Aug. 1 to outline how the bell-to-bell cell phone ban will work, including details on storage, enforcement and consequences for violations. New York will become one of the largest states in the country to prohibit smart devices in K-12 classrooms.

2 days ago | wshu.org | Meghan Sullivan |Beth Novey

A deep dive on gossip. Revolutionary history. A meditation on muscle. A graphic ode to NYC. A closer look at the color blue. And memoirs galore. We asked our newsroom colleagues to share the nonfiction titles they've enjoyed reading so far this year — here's what they shared with us.

2 days ago | wshu.org | Maysoon Khan |Sujata Srinivasan

Giving birth is always stressful, but for Meghan Grover, uncertainty about the future of her local hospital added a layer of concern. “We were not sure where we would deliver the child,” Grover said. Grover wanted to have her baby at Sharon Hospital in northwest Connecticut. The hospital is about 20 minutes from Millbrook, New York, a rural village where Grover and her family live. Much of her community relies on it for care. It’s also where Grover had her first child – a breech baby.

4 days ago | wshu.org | Jeniece Roman

Connecticut officials and road safety advocates met in Fairfield on Monday to announce the launch of a new initiative. The Fairfield Safe Streets Alliance met outside the Fairfield Public Library to promote its “Safe Streets” campaign. The initiative includes projects that would upgrade roads to promote safer streets for bicyclists and pedestrians.

4 days ago | wshu.org | Stephen Kallao |Miguel Perez |Miguel Pérez

David Burke, who performs as d4vd, was a teenage streamer, posting highlights of Fortnite when his YouTube videos kept being taken down because of copyrighted music he'd attached to them. What happened next would change his life. "I talked to my mom and she was, like, 'Make your own music, honey. You can do it. Make your own'," he says. "I was, like, you know what, that could be a thing."Within an hour, d4vd had made his first song after recording the vocals in his sister's closet.