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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Cops arrest man accused of leaving scene of accident where pedestrian was injured
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Cops arrest man accused of leaving scene of accident where pedestrian was injured

FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Police arrested 48-year-old Ronel D. Burke Saturday after authorities say he was involved in a car crash late last year. Burke was charged with leaving the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Loss of power, Franco-Spanish interconnection failure led to grid collapse
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Loss of power, Franco-Spanish interconnection failure led to grid collapse

MADRID (Reuters) - A massive blackout that hit most of the Iberian Peninsula today was due to a sudden, large drop in power supply that caused the grid interconnection between Spain and…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Trump touts immigration crackdown despite concerns about due process
Posted inBreaking News National News U.S. Department of Justice

Trump touts immigration crackdown despite concerns about due process

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump's administration touted the early results of his immigration crackdown on Monday despite concerns over due process, displaying photos of alleged criminal offenders on the White House lawn and…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Cruise line adds free drink packages on cruises to the Caribbean through 2026
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

Cruise line adds free drink packages on cruises to the Caribbean through 2026

MIAMI (CF) — This special promotion from Costa Cruises will allow you to receive the “Cruise Plus Drinks” fare for the price of a “Cruise Only fare." The “Cruise Plus…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here’s what he’s done and not done
Posted inBreaking News Business News Education News

Trump made big promises and moved at frenetic speed. 100 days in, here’s what he’s done and not done

WASHINGTON (AP) — The weeks since President Donald Trump returned to office have been a whirlwind of activity to show Americans that his administration is relentlessly pursuing his promises. With a compliant Republican-controlled…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Trump’s first 100 days are the worst for the stock market since Nixon
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Trump’s first 100 days are the worst for the stock market since Nixon

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office are the worst for the stock market for the start of a president’s four-year term since the 1970s. The S&P 500′s 7.9% drop…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
World’s first ‘sperm race’ comes off with a bang in LA
Posted inBreaking News Education News Health News

World’s first ‘sperm race’ comes off with a bang in LA

LOS ANGELES (Daily Mail) — Two college students battled it out to the finish line in a "sperm race" on Friday, dubbed the "world’s first ever reproductive health competition." The…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Trump seeks an end to Head Start funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

Trump seeks an end to Head Start funding for the U.S. Virgin Islands

WASHINGTON — A recent draft of the Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget proposes eliminating all federal funding for the Head Start program nationally, the Virgin Islands Free Press has…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Missouri firefighter paramedic dead after being stabbed in ambulance by patient: ‘Unfathomable crime’
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Missouri firefighter paramedic dead after being stabbed in ambulance by patient: ‘Unfathomable crime’

KANSAS CITY (Fox News) — A firefighter paramedic in Missouri was killed in the line of duty on Sunday after he was allegedly stabbed in the back of an ambulance…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025
Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News National News

Proposed rule change on endangered species triggers alarm for environmentalists

The Trump administration plans to eliminate habitat protections for endangered and threatened species in a move environmentalists say would lead to the extinction of critically endangered species because of logging,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 28, 2025

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