John Seewer
@jseewerap
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Associated Press reporter based in Toledo. I write about the bizarre, crazy and interesting happenings in northern Ohio and beyond.
Toledo, OH
Joined September 2009
RT @JPritchardAP: A series of deaths and the 'Big Fight': Uncovering police force in one Midwestern city | @rjfoley @jseewerap dive dee….
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Police leaders called the training “routine” when one recruit died and another was badly injured at their academy.
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RT @TomBeaumont: TOLEDO, Ohio — But interviews with about 20 voters in the pivotal industrial heartlands of Ohio and Michigan reveal a more….
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Donald Trump and other Republicans say President Joe Biden’s policy to promote electric vehicles is unfair for consumers and amounts to government overreach.
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RT @JPritchardAP: Our Lethal Restraint investigation continues today with a deep analysis by @ReeseDunklin @jseewerap @tstevensmedia of wha….
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RT @sarah_rankin: Em Gunter told everyone on her floor to go in their rooms, shut their blinds and turn off the lights. Students know from….
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Students hid inside laboratory closets and dorm rooms across the University of Virginia after getting warnings of an active shooter.
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RT @AP: The @AP and press freedom advocates are reiterating their calls for freelance journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to be freed immediately a….
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The Associated Press and press freedom advocates are calling for the immediate release of a freelance journalist jailed in Ethiopia.
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RT @AP: "I choose to focus my energy on helping others so that no other parent has to bury their child.". For those who lost loved ones to….
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It could have been me (a few years later).
Former LA @AP bureau chief John Brewer recalls a struggling actor moonlighting as night news assistant - filing, changing ribbons, loading paper - in the ‘70s. He informed Brewer in ‘75 he had been cast in “a sci-fi movie.”.And so ended @HamillHimself ‘s AP career!.
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RT @awhcolumbus: "Transformative for our state": @jseewerap and I report on @intel announcement of $20 billion Ohio semiconductor chip faci….
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Chipmaker Intel says it will invest $20 billion to build a factory in central Ohio in an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage of chips that power everything from phones to cars to home...
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RT @AP: BREAKING: A federal jury says CVS, Walgreens and Walmart didn’t do enough to stop the flow of opioid pills into two Ohio counties.….
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A federal jury says CVS, Walgreens and Walmart pharmacies didn’t do enough to stop the flow of opioid pills into two Ohio counties.
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RT @awhcolumbus: “Educating and encouraging was only getting us so far": @jseewerap reports that mandates are driving up vaccinations at co….
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Universities that adopted COVID-19 vaccine mandates this fall have seen widespread compliance. That's true even though many schools made it easy to get out of the shots by granting exemptions to...
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RT @AP: One week has passed since the 20-year war in Afghanistan ended. And the harsh realities of war continue to hit home for Americans b….
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One week has gone by since the 20-year war in Afghanistan came to an end. But the harsh reality of war is still hitting home as Americans now are beginning to honor and bury the last casualties to...
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RT @EmilioMorenatti: I apologize for doing first person journalism, but I needed to do this catharsis and share it with all of you. Here i….
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When I last saw Freddie de los Santos, his mouth was ravaged -- his teeth had been blown away by the same blast that took his leg. And yet, he always smiled.
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RT @awhcolumbus: “Fitness is one of the few remaining categories that is going to be massively disrupted by a digital experience”: @jseewer….
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The pandemic is reshaping America’s fitness industry and ushering in a new era of home workouts and virtual classes.
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RT @awhcolumbus: “This is nothing like we've ever seen before": @jseewerap reports that as summer travel increases with relaxed #coronaviru….
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After a year of coronavirus lockdowns, the start of summer beckons with vacation plans made possible by relaxed COVID-19 restrictions.
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RT @aaronlmorrison: NEW: @AttorneyCrump, for an @AP profile that I co-wrote with @jseewerap, left me with a word I think we all might do we….
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Ben Crump, the Rev. Al Sharpton says, is “Black America’s attorney general.” In less than a decade, the Florida-based attorney has become the voice for the families of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown,...
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RT @ToledoLucasHD: @WTOL11Toledo We are working with the state to get this issue ironed out. Please continue to be patient during this tran….
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Autoworkers still face unsettled futures 2 years after GM shut down Ohio assembly plant.
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When General Motors ended a half-century of building cars in Ohio’s blue collar corner, 1,600 workers had to decide whether to accept the automaker’s offer to move to another factory.
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Ohio in one tweet.
Important note: The majority of the protesters at the Ohio Statehouse headed home around the same time the Cleveland Browns game is supposed to start.
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RT @awhcolumbus: "Never vote for DeWine ever again": Ohio governor @MikeDeWine sees growing criticism from fellow Republicans. @jseewerap a….
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For months, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine steered cleared of second-guessing President Donald Trump, a fellow Republican, despite their polar-opposite responses to the pandemic.
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Buckeye State repeat: Blue-collar, rural voters again give Trump a win in Ohio.
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