
John O’Connor
Writer at Associated Press
Illinois political writer for The @AP. Credentials? A dog named Shadrach. (@Shadrach_Bond) [email protected]
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6 days ago |
mesabitribune.com | John O’Connor
The Associated Press and four other media companies argue in a federal lawsuit that Indiana’s ban on reporters attending state-sanctioned executions violates the public’s constitutional right to an independent and unsanitized description of a sensitive and contentious government action.
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1 week ago |
chronicle-tribune.com | John O’Connor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, police said Thursday. No decisions have been made on whether to file charges against the 44-year-old driver, Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly said at a news conference. The driver is not in custody, Kelly said.
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1 week ago |
argus-press.com | John O’Connor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, police said Thursday. No decisions have been made on whether to file charges against the 44-year-old driver, Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly said at a news conference. The driver is not in custody, Kelly said.
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1 week ago |
ncnewsonline.com | John O’Connor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The driver of a car that barreled through a building used for a popular after-school camp in central Illinois, killing three children and a teenager, was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol and may have had a medical emergency, police said Thursday. No decisions have been made on whether to file charges against the 44-year-old driver, Illinois State Police Director Brendan F. Kelly said at a news conference. The driver is not in custody, Kelly said.
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1 week ago |
mercurynews.com | Christopher Wills |John O’Connor
By Christopher Wills and John O’Connor | Associated PressKankakee County Coroner Robert Gessner, a family friend, said Ryan died Friday afternoon at his home in Kankakee, where he was receiving hospice care. Ryan started out a small-town pharmacist but wound up running one of the country’s largest states. Along the way, the tough-on-crime Republican experienced a conversion on the death penalty and won international praise by halting executions as governor and, eventually, emptying death row.
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