John Seewer, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan speaks during a news conference in East Palestine, Ohio, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Regan announced the agency will hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the costs of the cleanup of the Feb. 3 freight train derailment. (AP Photo/Matt Freed)

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EPA orders Norfolk Southern to clean up toxic derailment

by John Seewer Associated Press, and Michael Rubinkam Associated PressFebruary 21, 2023

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered Norfolk Southern on Tuesday to pay for the cleanup of the East Palestine, Ohio train wreck and chemical release as federal regulators took charge of long-term recovery efforts…

A man takes photos as a black plume rises over East Palestine, Ohio, as a result of a controlled detonation of a portion of the derailed Norfolk Southern train Monday.

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Returning Ohio residents leery of toxic gas

by John Seewer Associated Press, and Patrick Orsagos Associated PressFebruary 7, 2023

This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk and Southern freight train that derailed Friday night in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Toxic chemicals released from derailed tanker cars

by Patrick Orsagos Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressFebruary 6, 2023

Liz Fitzgerald of Southington and Paige Niver of Manchester embrace at the end of a news conference at Connecticut Attorney General William Tong's office, Thursday, March 3, 2022, in Hartford, Conn. Fitzgerald lost two sons to opioids and Niver's daughter became addicted to opioids after getting prescribed OxyContin at 14 years old. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Purdue Pharma, states strike new deal

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressMarch 3, 2022

In this photo provided by Bob Van Wert, Tom Randele, whose real name according to authorities was Ted Conrad, tends to golf clubs in September 2012 in Ayer, Mass. Conrad, a former Ohio bank teller-turned-thief, lived for decades under a different name in suburban Boston. Conrad died in May 2021.

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Family man’s 50-year secret: He was a fugitive, too

by John Seewer Associated Press, and Jennifer McDermott Associated PressDecember 31, 2021

A car enters Trumbull County, Wednesday, in this photo from Nov. 17, 2021, near Warren, Ohio. Three retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, in a verdict that could set the tone for U.S. city and county governments that want to hold pharmacies accountable for their roles in the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

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Jury: Pharmacies played major role in opioid crisis

by John Seewer Associated PressNovember 23, 2021

Kevin Fisher, of Quincy, receives his second shot of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse Katherine Francisco, of Avon, at a mass vaccination clinic Wednesday at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. A month after every adult in the U.S. became eligible for the vaccine, a distinct geographic pattern has emerged: The highest vaccination rates are concentrated in the Northeast, while the lowest ones are mostly in the South.

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Big gaps seen in vaccine rates across US

by Collin Binkley Associated Press, Jay Reeves Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressMay 20, 2021

Mourners embrace after bringing flowers to a makeshift memorial Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, for the slain and injured in the Oregon District after a mass shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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FBI eyes shooter’s interest in violent ideology

by John Seewer Associated Press, and Kantele Franko Associated PressAugust 6, 2019

Mourners pause for a prayer as they gather for a vigil at the scene of a mass shooting, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. Multiple people in Ohio were killed in the second mass shooting in the U.S. in less than 24 hours. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Ohio gunman killed 9 before he was shot

by Dan Sewell Associated Press, John Minchillo Associated Press, and John Seewer Associated PressAugust 5, 2019

Lessie Brown, right, is visited by family and friends at her home in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Sept. 22.

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Oldest person in US dies at 114

by John Seewer Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019