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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.
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DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.

WASHINGTON (CBS) — Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, says it has saved $160 billion through its push to root out wasteful or fraudulent government spending. But that effort may…
Posted by John McCarthy April 26, 2025
Musk’s DOGE goons are building a ‘deportation machine’ from sensitive personal data
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Musk’s DOGE goons are building a ‘deportation machine’ from sensitive personal data

WASHINGTON (Daily Beast) — President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement is about to get a high-powered boost as Elon Musk’s DOGE goons are tinkering away on a “master database” to speed up the identification,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 26, 2025
Tampa woman deported to Cuba gets separated from one-year-old and U.S. citizen husband
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Tampa woman deported to Cuba gets separated from one-year-old and U.S. citizen husband

TAMPA (Miami Herald) — A Cuban woman living in Tampa who came to the United States in 2019 and is married to a U.S. citizen was abruptly detained by immigration…
Posted by John McCarthy April 26, 2025
Pope Francis’ ordinary shoes bring pride to his Argentine neighborhood — and his cobbler
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Pope Francis’ ordinary shoes bring pride to his Argentine neighborhood — and his cobbler

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The man who would become Pope Francis always bought his shoes in the same small store. And now, the remarkably ordinary footwear that surprised and charmed millions…
Posted by John McCarthy April 26, 2025
St. Croix: Mostly cloudy, some rain, thunderstorms; flood advisory for San Juan
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St. Croix: Mostly cloudy, some rain, thunderstorms; flood advisory for San Juan

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be mostly cloudy with a thunderstorm in spots this morning followed by occasional rain and a thunderstorm in the afternoon and a high of…
Posted by John McCarthy April 26, 2025
FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities
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FBI arrests a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The FBI on Friday arrested a Milwaukee judge accused of helping a man evade immigration authorities, escalating a clash between the Trump administration and local authorities over…
Posted by John McCarthy April 25, 2025
A Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow
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A Russian general was killed by a car bomb just outside Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian general was killed by a car bomb on Friday, Russia’s top criminal investigation agency said, in the second such attack on a top Russian military officer in…
Posted by John McCarthy April 25, 2025
Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing
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Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal death penalty charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty today to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the…
Posted by John McCarthy April 25, 2025
Mysterious underwater ‘UFO base’ spotted just 6 miles off the West Coast
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Mysterious underwater ‘UFO base’ spotted just 6 miles off the West Coast

LAGUNA POINT, California (Daily Mail)— A mysterious formation lurking deep in the ocean has been spotted just a few miles off the coast of Southern California. Geographically known as Sycamore Knoll,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 25, 2025
Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft
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Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft

CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led…
Posted by John McCarthy April 25, 2025

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