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.
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erin managed to form in a relatively rough patch of the Atlantic, surrounded by dry air and average temperature waters. That could change in the next…
NEW YORK (AP) — Spirit Airlines said it might not continue to operate if its financial results don’t improve faster than it previously expected. The budget airline emerged from bankruptcy…
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — ExxonMobil signed a deal on Tuesday to explore a vast area near Trinidad and Tobago for oil and gas, even as the twin-island nation faces pressure to focus…
BERLIN (Reuters) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Berlin on Wednesday for a German-hosted virtual meeting with Donald Trump and European leaders, two days before the U.S. president meets Russian…
CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly cloudy, then becoming mostly sunny late this morning, then becoming partly cloudy, then becoming variably cloudy late. Isolated showers this morning, then scattered…
WASHINGTON — Haiti’s most notorious gang leader has been indicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., after which the FBI announced a $5 million bounty for information leading to his…
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man was arrested on a slew of felony charges this weekend for allegedly demanding a young woman give him explicit photos, money and sex. Jo'Vaughn Carey…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new picture of law enforcement in the nation’s capital began taking shape Tuesday as some of the 800 National Guard members deployed by the Trump administration began arriving.…
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — What was intended as a fundraising mission for cancer research has become a nightmare for American teen influencer Ethan Guo, who has been stuck since June in a…
DELTONA — A boy seen being “dragged” under a slow-moving car was rescued when witnesses teamed up to lift the vehicle, according to investigators in Florida. The boy was taken…