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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Toyota sees 21% full-year profit decline as tariffs take a bite
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Toyota sees 21% full-year profit decline as tariffs take a bite

TOKYO (Reuters) — Toyota Motor expects profit to decline by a fifth in the current financial year, it said on Thursday, as weakness in the U.S. dollar and the impact of…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence
Posted inBreaking News Crime News International News

Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or 1-year prison sentence

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya were given a choice of paying a fine of $7,700 or serving 12 months in prison — the minimum…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape
Posted inArt News Breaking News Entertainment News

Smokey Robinson accused by former housekeepers of sexual assault and rape

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four former housekeepers of Smokey Robinson allege in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the Motown music luminary repeatedly sexually assaulted and raped them while they worked for him.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News International News

Robert Prevost, first pope from US in history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Police identify Fort Pladsen shooting victim as St. Croix man
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Police identify Fort Pladsen shooting victim as St. Croix man

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Police Department today identified the victim of the shooting at Fort Pladsen in St. Thomas on Sunday. Dion Williams, 26, of St. Croix, was…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Diddy trial thrown into chaos as key witness goes MISSING
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Diddy trial thrown into chaos as key witness goes MISSING

NEW YORK (Daily Mail) — A star witness in the Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial is reportedly MIA, throwing the disgraced Bad Boy mogul's sex trafficking case into chaos.  Opening statements…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Robert Prevost, the first American pope, is from Chicago and jokes are already flowing: ‘All communion wafers will be deep-dish’
Posted inBreaking News International News

Robert Prevost, the first American pope, is from Chicago and jokes are already flowing: ‘All communion wafers will be deep-dish’

Here comes ‘Da Pope.’ Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named today as the first ever American pope – and folks in the Windy City are having a blast over it. “From…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!
Posted inBreaking News International News Tourism News

Holy white smoke, the Catholic Church has a new pope!

VATICAN CITY (PBS) — White smoke streamed from a chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, signaling to the world that the 133 Roman Catholic cardinals inside have elected a new pope.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Students will be dismissed early from John H. Woodson Junior High
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

Students will be dismissed early from John H. Woodson Junior High

KINGSHILL — The Virgin Islands Department of Education informs parents and guardians that John H. Woodson Junior High School on St. Croix will have an early dismissal at 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, May…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others
Posted inBreaking News International News Police News

A man with an open asylum case was deported. His lawyers want to know if there are others

BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has become a household name as the Trump administration is engaged in an intense legal campaign to keep him locked up in an El Salvador prison…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025

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