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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway
Posted inBreaking News Education News Health News

RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 19, 2025
Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They’ve long been a source of misinformation
Posted inBreaking News National News Technology News

Trump order targets barcodes on ballots. They’ve long been a source of misinformation

ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to overhaul how U.S. elections are run includes a somewhat obscure reference to the way votes are counted. Voting equipment, it says, should…
Posted by John McCarthy May 19, 2025
Elon Musk gets devastating news as ‘anti-Tesla’ catches on
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Elon Musk gets devastating news as ‘anti-Tesla’ catches on

AUSTIN, Texas — Tesla stock may have surged recently, but that doesn't mean it's all good news for Elon Musk. On the contrary, negative headlines are still piling up as…
Posted by John McCarthy May 19, 2025
First tropical wave of hurricane season emerges off coast of Africa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

First tropical wave of hurricane season emerges off coast of Africa

CHRISTIANSTED — The first tropical wave of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season emerged off the coast of Africa today, the National Hurricane Center confirmed.  While the wave has moved off…
Posted by John McCarthy May 19, 2025
Aleisia Owens made incriminating Google searches before death of boyfriend’s toddler
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Aleisia Owens made incriminating Google searches before death of boyfriend’s toddler

PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania toddler died from acetone poisoning nearly two years ago. Now, her father’s girlfriend is still facing charges in her death. Iris Alfera was taken to UPMC…
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025
Haiti gang leader ‘Yonyon’ found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S. missionaries
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti gang leader ‘Yonyon’ found guilty of kidnapping 16 U.S. missionaries

WASHINGTON (Miami Herald) — Germine Joly, once one of the most powerful gang leaders in Haiti — even when he was behind prison bars — has been found guilty of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025
IVF clinic terrorist’s unsettling connection to woman murdered 1,200 miles away
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IVF clinic terrorist’s unsettling connection to woman murdered 1,200 miles away

PALM SPRINGS, California (Daily Mail) — The man suspected of bombing an IVF clinic in Palm Springs had a bizarre connection to a woman who was killed weeks before the horrific incident. …
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025
Palm Springs IVF clinic bomber ID’d as Guy Edward Bartkus, a ‘pro-mortalist’ who opposed people being born ‘without their consent’
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Palm Springs IVF clinic bomber ID’d as Guy Edward Bartkus, a ‘pro-mortalist’ who opposed people being born ‘without their consent’

PALM SPRINGS, California (NYP) — A 25-year-old self-described “pro-mortalist” has been identified as the attacker who detonated a car bomb outside a fertility clinic in Palm Springs Saturday — killing himself and injuring four…
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025
Experts warn of 5 types of fruit and veg that contain worrying levels of toxic pesticides
Posted inBreaking News Consumer News Health News

Experts warn of 5 types of fruit and veg that contain worrying levels of toxic pesticides

An apple a day may keep the doctor away—but it could also mean you're consuming potentially harmful levels of toxic pesticides.  Apples, along with grapes, strawberries, nectarines and spinach, top the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025
Bird man on red carpet leaves Cannes squawking
Posted inArt News Breaking News Entertainment News

Bird man on red carpet leaves Cannes squawking

CANNES, France (AP) — Stars in glamorous gowns often peacock on the Cannes Film Festival red carpet, but one attendee Saturday night literally came as a bird. Ahead of the the premiere…
Posted by John McCarthy May 18, 2025

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