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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Puerto Rico governor under fire as federal funds for solar projects are stalled

SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor came under fire Tuesday as her pledge to support the investment of millions of federal dollars in solar projects across the U.S. territory appeared to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Conflict spreads as India, Pakistan fight with drones and missiles
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Conflict spreads as India, Pakistan fight with drones and missiles

NEW DELHI (Reuters)  —  Pakistan and India accused each other of launching drone attacks on Thursday, and Islamabad’s Defence Minister said further retaliation was “increasingly certain”, on the second day…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Bill Gates pledges his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 20 years
Posted inBreaking News Business News Humanitarian News

Bill Gates pledges his remaining fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 20 years

SEATTLE (AP) — Bill Gates says he will donate 99% of his remaining tech fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will now close in 2045, earlier than previously planned. Today, that would be…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Enjoy ‘Family Fun Day’ when Vincent Mason pool re-opens
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Government House News

Enjoy ‘Family Fun Day’ when Vincent Mason pool re-opens

FREDERIKSTED — Governor Albert Bryan Jr. and the Office of the Governor invite residents and families to a Family Fun Day celebrating the reopening of the Vincent Mason Coral Resort,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

Cuban mother deported from US pleads with Trump to reunite with her family

HAVANA (AP) — Ten times a day for the past two weeks, Heidy Sánchez has made the same two-block trek from her parents’ home in Havana looking for an internet signal to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Urban and small stream flood advisory issued for St. Thomas and St. John
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Urban and small stream flood advisory issued for St. Thomas and St. John

CHRISTIANSTED: — Today St. Croix will see variable cloudiness with a thunderstorm in spots this morning and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will have mostly cloudy…
Posted by John McCarthy May 8, 2025
Here’s what cardinals eat during the conclave — and why ravioli and roast chicken were banned
Posted inBreaking News International News

Here’s what cardinals eat during the conclave — and why ravioli and roast chicken were banned

VATICAN CITY (NYP) — The Catholic cardinals meeting for the conclave are locked in the Sistine Chapel — one of the most grand buildings in the western world. But their…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2025
House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

House GOP backing off some Medicaid cuts as report shows millions of people would lose health care

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans appear to be backing off some, but not all, of the steep reductions to the Medicaid program as part of their big tax breaks bill, as…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2025
Alligator kills Florida woman after tipping over her canoe
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News National News

Alligator kills Florida woman after tipping over her canoe

ST. PETERSBURG (AP) — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say appeared to be an accidental encounter.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2025
COVID origin FINALLY revealed in bombshell study…and it might not have been China after all
Posted inBreaking News Health News International News

COVID origin FINALLY revealed in bombshell study…and it might not have been China after all

American researchers believe they've pinpointed when and where COVID first emerged — and it might not have been in China. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, say they've uncovered evidence that…
Posted by John McCarthy May 7, 2025

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