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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have been given little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week, sparking confusion across…
Posted by John McCarthy February 23, 2025
Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Trump administration is flouting an order to temporarily lift a freeze on foreign aid, judge says

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has kept withholding foreign aid despite a court order and must at least temporarily restore the funding to programs worldwide, a federal judge said Thursday.…
Posted by John McCarthy February 23, 2025
Mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant but marine conditions present challenges
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Mostly sunny, breezy and pleasant but marine conditions present challenges

SAN JUAN — Today will be breezy in the morning; but otherwise, mostly sunny and pleasant, AccuWeather said. Today's high will be 86 degrees Fahrenheit; tonight will be clear to…
Posted by John McCarthy February 23, 2025
Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites
Posted inBreaking News Health News International News

Woman has burning sensation in legs after vacation — then doctors find brain parasites

After a three-week-long vacation through Thailand, Japan and Hawaii, a 30-year-old woman learned she brought home an unwelcome souvenir, doctors said. When the woman first returned home to the coast…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti’s most important and prolific writers, dies at 88
Posted inArt News Black History News Breaking News

Frankétienne, considered one of Haiti’s most important and prolific writers, dies at 88

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Frankétienne, a renowned writer, painter, actor and musician known as the “father of Haitian letters” has died. He was 88. Born Jean-Pierre Basilic Dantor Franck Étienne d’Argent…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
Todd and Julie Chrisley haven’t spoken in 2 years, daughter Savannah says
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Todd and Julie Chrisley haven’t spoken in 2 years, daughter Savannah says

PENSACOLA — Since Todd and Julie Chrisley reported to their respective federal prisons, neither one of them have been able to talk to each other, their daughter Savannah says. In…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
Texts, emails from family can be used in OnlyFans model’s murder trial
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Entertainment News

Texts, emails from family can be used in OnlyFans model’s murder trial

MIAMI — State prosecutors can use evidence that was tossed from a separate case, in the murder trial of OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney, a judge ruled Wednesday. Clenney, 28, was…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
‘They could kill us’: Florida Haitians fear deportation after Trump revokes protections
Posted in2016 Presidential Election Breaking News Caribbean News

‘They could kill us’: Florida Haitians fear deportation after Trump revokes protections

MIAMI — By the time Jenny Bellus was born in April 2023, she had already traveled thousands of miles. A month before she was born, her parents and 7-year-old sister…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
Couple and dog found clinging to slippery hull of boat in Florida inlet, video shows
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Couple and dog found clinging to slippery hull of boat in Florida inlet, video shows

JACKSONVILLE — A day on the water turned potentially deadly when rough seas left two boaters clinging to the slippery bottom of their boat in a turbulent Florida inlet. The…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025
Trump betrays Ukrainian democracy. Will he betray ours, too?: OP-ED
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Trump betrays Ukrainian democracy. Will he betray ours, too?: OP-ED

This week, Donald Trump twice blamed Ukraine for starting its war with Russia, but it might not be the worst thing he’s said recently. I can think of only three…
Posted by John McCarthy February 22, 2025

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