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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
One-way ticket to a dungeon’: Venezuelans anxious as Supreme Court weighs TPS decision
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

One-way ticket to a dungeon’: Venezuelans anxious as Supreme Court weighs TPS decision

WASHINGTON (Miami Herald) — Dozens of Venezuelans gathered at El Arepazo, an iconic restaurant in the heart of Doral’s Venezuelan community, for a vigil Thursday night in support of deportation…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
Backers of a new USVI registry present plans to Trump
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Backers of a new USVI registry present plans to Trump

WASHINGTON — The backers of a new open registry have dusted off plans first aired three years ago, and presented the concept of a US Virgin Islands (USVI) flag to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
Rwanda confirms early talks to host deported US migrants
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News International News

Rwanda confirms early talks to host deported US migrants

KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda confirmed on Monday that discussions were “underway” with the United States regarding a potential agreement to host deported migrants. Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries, setting them up…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
St. Croix: Mostly cloudy, passing shower in the morning, high 87
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

St. Croix: Mostly cloudy, passing shower in the morning, high 87

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly cloudy with a passing shower in the morning with a high of 87, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be partly cloudy…
Posted by John McCarthy May 9, 2025
Toyota sees 21% full-year profit decline as tariffs take a bite
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Toyota sees 21% full-year profit decline as tariffs take a bite

TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor expects profit to decline by a fifth in the current financial year, it said on Thursday, as weakness in the U.S. dollar and the impact of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were given a choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison — the minimum…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape
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Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
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Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Police identify Fort Pladsen shooting victim as St. Croix man
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Police identify Fort Pladsen shooting victim as St. Croix man

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department today identified the victim of the shooting at Fort Pladsen in St. Thomas on Sunday. Dion Williams, 26, of St. Croix, was…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025

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