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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Woman’s body found on Fisher Street
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Woman’s body found on Fisher Street

CHRISTIANSTED — Virgin Islands police discovered the decomposing body of a woman in St. Croix late Tuesday morning. An emergency dispatcher got a call at 11:23 a.m. from a concerned…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

Elon Musk dramatically steps down from DOGE in shock move after Trump expressed private doubts

WASHINGTON (DM) — President Donald Trump has told his Cabinet and inner circle that Elon Musk is stepping back from his government role. The Tesla and Space X founder will soon be returning to the business…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk
Posted inBreaking News National News

Democrats’ win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon Musk

MADISON, Wisconsin (AP) — Judge Susan Crawford preserved liberals’ narrow majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday by defeating conservative Brad Schimel, but in a way the real loser of the election…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Prosecutors mull death penalty for Aleisia Owens in killing of toddler
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Prosecutors mull death penalty for Aleisia Owens in killing of toddler

PITTSBURGH — Prosecutors acknowledge privately they are "hamstrung" over whether to include the death penalty in the criminal complaint against a Pennsylvania woman charged with murder in the poisoning death…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Baggage handler’s shirtless stunt in airplane’s turbine could have got him killed: ‘Stupid’
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Baggage handler’s shirtless stunt in airplane’s turbine could have got him killed: ‘Stupid’

They didn’t appreciate his air strip-tease. A judge has blasted an ex-baggage handler as “vain and stupid” after he filmed himself working out shirtless inside a moving jet engine at…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Coast Guard intercepts a migrant boat with nearly 100 people from Haiti on board
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Coast Guard intercepts a migrant boat with nearly 100 people from Haiti on board

PORT-AU-PRINCE (MH) — The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday returned to Haiti almost 100 people who were stopped offshore of the island country in an overloaded migrant boat last week,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Florida most at risk of ‘severe coastal flooding.’ New research shows where
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News National News

Florida most at risk of ‘severe coastal flooding.’ New research shows where

MIAMI (MH) — Florida is the state where the most people and the most properties will be at risk of experiencing “severe coastal flooding” by 2050, according to new analysis…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitian migrants share harrowing stories of abuse as Dominican Republic ramps up deportations

BELLADERE, Haiti (AP) — A crowd of 500 descended from dusty trucks on a recent morning and shuffled through a tiny gap in a border gate separating Haiti from the Dominican Republic.…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing public breast exposure and ‘truck nuts’
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Idaho governor signs bill criminalizing public breast exposure and ‘truck nuts’

BOISE (IS) — Idaho Governor Brad Little signed into law a bill that criminalizes the public exposure of breasts. House Bill 270 updates Idaho’s indecent exposure law, which already bans public exposure of genitals,…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025
St. Croix: Windy with sunshine and a few clouds and a high of 88
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

St. Croix: Windy with sunshine and a few clouds and a high of 88

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be windy with sunshine and a few clouds and a high of 88, AccuWeather said Tonight St. Croix will be breezy in the evening;…
Posted by John McCarthy April 2, 2025

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