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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried
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Smell of death permeates Myanmar cities after quake kills over 1,600 and leaves countless buried

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — The smell of decaying bodies permeated the streets of Myanmar’s second-largest city on Sunday as people worked frantically by hand to clear rubble in the hope…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Texas private school slammed for ‘covering up’ piano teacher’s abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward
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Texas private school slammed for ‘covering up’ piano teacher’s abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

FORT WORTH, Texas (DM) — The heartbroken families of several girls who were allegedly abused by a pedophile piano teacher are suing a Texas private school for a "cover-up." Trent Muse, a…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter
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Iran has rejected direct negotiations with the US in response to Trump’s letter

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule 
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Martinique’s water woes drive anger at French rule 

FORT-DE-FRANCE (Reuters) — In Martinique, a French territory in the Caribbean, tourists flock to crystalline waterfalls nestling in the tropical rainforests. But the water that comes out of Christelle Marie-Sainte's…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
OnlyFans star Lily Phillips reveals the REAL reason she broke down in tears after bedding 100 men in one day
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OnlyFans star Lily Phillips reveals the REAL reason she broke down in tears after bedding 100 men in one day

LONDON (DM) — Lily Phillips has revealed the real reason she broke down in tears after bedding 100 men in one day last year.  The OnlyFans star, 23, from Derbyshire, was seen visibly upset after the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Man tackled by parishioners, handcuffed at Kansas church after Jesus-like prayer
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Man tackled by parishioners, handcuffed at Kansas church after Jesus-like prayer

KANSAS CITY KCS) — A man who walked up to the pulpit at the church he’d grown up in, Holy Spirit Catholic Church in the Kansas City suburb of Overland…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
St. Croix: intervals of clouds and sunshine, brief morning shower and a high of 87
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St. Croix: intervals of clouds and sunshine, brief morning shower and a high of 87

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will have a brief morning shower or two; otherwise, it will be windy with intervals of clouds and sunshine and a high of 87, AccuWeather…
Posted by John McCarthy March 30, 2025
Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms
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Protesters rebelling against Elon Musk’s purge of US government swarm Tesla showrooms

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities…
Posted by John McCarthy March 29, 2025
Marines with skin condition affecting mostly black men could now be booted under new policy
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Marines with skin condition affecting mostly black men could now be booted under new policy

WASHINGTON — A new Marine Corps policy says troops with a genetic skin condition that can cause pain and scarring from shaving and mainly affects Black men can be separated if the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 29, 2025
Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district
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Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district

MANHEIM, Pennsylvania (AP) — Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset for a…
Posted by John McCarthy March 29, 2025

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