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Former Sports Writer Kat O'Brien Says She Was Raped By Major League Baseball Player Former Sports Writer Kat O'Brien Says She Was Raped By Major League Baseball Player
Former Sports Writer Kat O'Brien Says She Was Raped By Major League Baseball Player Former sports reporter Kat O'Brien has opened up about being raped by a Major League Baseball player when she was 22 years old. O'Brien -- who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business -- kept the incident a secret until now, when she told her story in a New York Times essay. The now-40-year-old writer says she had just graduated from Notre Dame and was working as a (mostly high school) sports reporter for "The Fort Worth Star-Telegram" in 2002. She was in a hotel room with an interview subject for a longer piece on foreign-born athletes in the U.S., w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Small Businesses Now Eligible For Disaster Relief In All Of Connecticut Small Businesses Now Eligible For Disaster Relief In All Of Connecticut
Small Businesses Now Eligible For Disaster Relief In All Of Connecticut Small businesses and nonprofit organizations in Connecticut that have been affected by the outbreak of the novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19) are now eligible for disaster relief loans of up to $2 million from the United States Small Business Administration (SBA). SBA acted under its own authority, as provided by the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act that was recently signed by President Donald Trump, to declare a disaster following a request received from Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. Lamont issued the request which covers all eight of the sta…

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by Joe Lombardi