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About John McCarthy
John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.
Naval buildup escalates: Trump now sends cruiser, sub to Venezuela’s doorstep
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Naval buildup escalates: Trump now sends cruiser, sub to Venezuela’s doorstep

CARACAS — The United States is increasing its military presence in the southern Caribbean even more as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign to disrupt Latin American drug cartels, according…
Posted by John McCarthy August 26, 2025
Trump says he is firing Fed’s Cook over mortgage loan allegations
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Trump says he is firing Fed’s Cook over mortgage loan allegations

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Monday said he was firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook over alleged improprieties in obtaining mortgage loans, an unprecedented step that could test…
Posted by John McCarthy August 26, 2025
Partly sunny, breezy with widely separated thunderstorms this afternoon
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Partly sunny, breezy with widely separated thunderstorms this afternoon

[August 26, 2025] Excessive Heat Heat Advisory in coastal and urban PR — stay hydrated, limit sun, seek shade. Heat Warning for coastal and urban areas — hydrate, limit sunshine…
Posted by John McCarthy August 26, 2025
Bryan secures 2,469 acres for ‘historic’ Annaly Bay parkland expansion
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Government House News

Bryan secures 2,469 acres for ‘historic’ Annaly Bay parkland expansion

FREDERIKSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) have completed one of the largest land acquisitions in territorial history, securing 2,469…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Andrea Hull-King faces fraud charge after elderly victim brings complaint
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Andrea Hull-King faces fraud charge after elderly victim brings complaint

FREDERIKSTED – On May 27, 2022, the Economic Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into an Obtaining Money by False Pretenses complaint filed by an elderly victim. The investigation uncovered that…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – On Sunday, August 24, 2025at about 8:57 a.m., the 911Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned citizen who discovered adecomposed body behind…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite

BA;TIMORE — A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — human…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Man accused of going to hospital to shoot and kill His ex-wife, 1 month after she asked for protective order
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Man accused of going to hospital to shoot and kill His ex-wife, 1 month after she asked for protective order

DETROIT — A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife in the hospital where she worked, just one month after she asked for a protective order against him.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Pastor: Donald Trump is worried about getting into heaven. He shouldn’t be.
Posted inBreaking News National News Territorial Affairs

Pastor: Donald Trump is worried about getting into heaven. He shouldn’t be.

It’s been a long time since I was shocked by anything Donald Trump said. But when the president called in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” this week to discuss…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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