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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Curvin Thomas arrested for interfering with police
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Curvin Thomas arrested for interfering with police

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An impaired man who interfered with police executing the arrest of another individual on St. Thomas has himself been arrested, authorities said. Curvin Thomas, 36, was arrested…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
Everything you need to know about cryptocurrency payments
Posted inBusiness News Technology News

Everything you need to know about cryptocurrency payments

The digital age is here and now. We are capable of instantaneously communicating with friends and family members who may be located thousands of miles away. Contactless smartphone payments have…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
Ancestry DNA test exposes crime that family kept hidden for 30 years
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Ancestry DNA test exposes crime that family kept hidden for 30 years

ATLANTA (CO) — A Georgia woman’s attempt to trace her family history turned horrifying when DNA revealed she is related to her mother’s stepfather, according to investigators. The resulting investigation…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
St. Croix: clouds and sunshine, windy, a couple of showers and a high of 86
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

St. Croix: clouds and sunshine, windy, a couple of showers and a high of 86

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will have periods of clouds and sunshine with a couple of showers, windy conditions and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
3 weeks before Easter, U.S. goes hunting for eggs in Europe
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

3 weeks before Easter, U.S. goes hunting for eggs in Europe

BERLIN — The U.S. government is on an international egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
Belize officials say 3 American women died of carbon monoxide poisoning
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Belize officials say 3 American women died of carbon monoxide poisoning

BELMOPAN (CBS) — Authorities in Belize said this week that three American women who were found dead last month while on vacation in the country died as a result of carbon monoxide…
Posted by John McCarthy March 31, 2025
Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Torpedo-shaped bats draw attention after Yankees hit team-record 9 homers in rout of Brewers

NEW YORK (AP) — New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Trump voices anger at Putin for comments about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and threatens sanctions on Russia
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Trump voices anger at Putin for comments about Ukraine’s Zelenskyy and threatens sanctions on Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger Sunday at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about Ukraine and its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a phone interview…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Artist Wim Delvoye looks back on 25 years of ‘Cloaca’ with a retrospective
Posted inArt News Breaking News International News

Artist Wim Delvoye looks back on 25 years of ‘Cloaca’ with a retrospective

BRUSSELS, Belgium (BT) — A retrospective of artist Wim Delvoye’s works concluded this month at the Rodolphe Janssen Gallery in the Brussels municipality of Elsene. The "Wim Delvoye: Cloaca. Celebration…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Trump’s mass deportations are not just cruel, but will badly hurt Miami’s economy
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

Trump’s mass deportations are not just cruel, but will badly hurt Miami’s economy

MIAMI — What irony! Miami’s Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan exile communities, who have been among President Trump’s most fervent supporters, are now among the biggest victims of his mass deportations.…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025

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