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About John McCarthy
John McCarthy is primarily known for his investigative reporting on the U.S. Virgin Islands. A series of reports beginning in the 1990's revealed that there was everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling. Another report, following Hurricane Hugo in 1989, cited a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) confidential overview that said that over 40 percent of the U.S. Virgin Islands public lives below the poverty line. The Virgin Islands Free Press is the only Caribbean news source to regularly incorporate the findings of U.S. Freedom of Information Act requests. John's articles have appeared in the BVI Beacon, St. Croix Avis, San Juan Star and Virgin Islands Daily News. He is the former news director of WSVI-TV Channel 8 on St. Croix.
‘The helpers need help’. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

‘The helpers need help’. Food banks brace for impact as SNAP cliff looms.

WASHINGTON (NPR) — Chris Jones and Mary Ann Edwards have been volunteering at the Llano Food Pantry in central Texas for several years. It's a tight-knit group, where food recipients…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
Two brothers convicted of selling black-market HIV drugs to pharmacies, patients
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Health News

Two brothers convicted of selling black-market HIV drugs to pharmacies, patients

Two brothers were found guilty on Wednesday of buying tens of millions of dollars worth of black-market HIV drugs and reselling them to numerous pharmacies, including two in Miami Beach.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a devastating Category 5 storm, tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. The deadly storm has also caused devastation in Cuba, Haiti…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
A mix of sun and clouds with a passing shower, high 90
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

A mix of sun and clouds with a passing shower, high 90

Today St. Croix can expect a passing shower or two; otherwise, we'll see a blend of sun and clouds and a high of 90, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will…
Posted by John McCarthy October 30, 2025
In Hurricane Melissa’s wake, Jamaican expats can only wait and pray
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

In Hurricane Melissa’s wake, Jamaican expats can only wait and pray

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York chef Kemoy Gordon last spoke to his cousin in Jamaica on Monday, as his family prepared to leave their beachside home on the western…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025
Mom of 4 killed when family crashes into big rig hidden by fog, Iowa family says
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

Mom of 4 killed when family crashes into big rig hidden by fog, Iowa family says

DAVENPORT — A mother of four is dead, with her husband and son seriously injured, after colliding with a semi-truck in foggy weather, Iowa officials and family say. A pickup…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025
Man sexually abused baby and took videos. Now he’s been sentenced
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Man sexually abused baby and took videos. Now he’s been sentenced

AURORA —  A 31-year-old man is going to prison for decades after being accused of sexually abusing children, including a baby, and recording the abuse, Colorado officials said. In March…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025
Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Hurricane Melissa leaves trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — Flooding from Hurricane Melissa killed 25 people in Haiti while the storm still churned across Cuba today after leaving Jamaica with widespread damage and power outages,…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025
Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, moves on to Cuba
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News

Jamaica’s strongest-ever storm, Hurricane Melissa, moves on to Cuba

KINGSTON, (Reuters) — Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba's second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm yesterday, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025
1.6 million people in the US illegally have self-deported, 500K deported: DHS
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1.6 million people in the US illegally have self-deported, 500K deported: DHS

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced that 1.6 million people who were in the United States illegally have self-deported, and another 500,000 have been deported. The department has…
Posted by John McCarthy October 29, 2025

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