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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Married teacher asked 3 underage boys to ‘gangbang’ her while wearing a Scream mask
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Married teacher asked 3 underage boys to ‘gangbang’ her while wearing a Scream mask

MARTINSVILLE, Indiana (DM) — A married teacher asked three underage boys to 'gangbang' her and ordered them to wear a Scream mask while doing so, cops allege. Brittany Fortinberry, 31,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Dismissed as fakes for a century, enigmatic Puerto Rican stones could rewrite history
Posted inBlack History News Breaking News Caribbean News

Dismissed as fakes for a century, enigmatic Puerto Rican stones could rewrite history

SAN JUAN — For more than a century, the fist-sized rocks etched with enigmatic patterns were ignored by academics and shunned by cultural power brokers. Discovered in Puerto Rico in…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID
Posted inBreaking News Health News Humanitarian News

Federal judge halts further shuttering of USAID

WASHINGTON (BBC) — A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from taking any further steps to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In a ruling Tuesday,…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
A day after becoming prime minister, Trinidad’s Stuart Young calls for new elections
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

A day after becoming prime minister, Trinidad’s Stuart Young calls for new elections

PORT OF SPAIN — A day after taking over as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago in a historic transition, Stuart Young is calling for elections. A statement from the…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

Immigrants disappear from US detainee tracking system after deportation flights

MIAMI (AP) — Franco Caraballo called his wife Friday night, crying and panicked. Hours earlier, the 26-year-old barber and dozens of other Venezuelan migrants at a federal detention facility in…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Patient’s death leads to discovery home health care nurse was ‘fake’
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Health News

Patient’s death leads to discovery home health care nurse was ‘fake’

MIAMI — The death of a patient receiving in-home health care led his family to discover the nurse was a fraud, with an entirely forged work history, according to investigators…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
VIPD Marine Unit, U.S. Marshals, capture wanted St. Thomas fugitive in the BVI
Posted inBreaking News British Virgin Islands News Caribbean News

VIPD Marine Unit, U.S. Marshals, capture wanted St. Thomas fugitive in the BVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Members of the Virgin Islands Police Department's Marine Unit, partnering with the U.S. Marshals Service, captured a wanted St. Thomas fugitive in the British Virgin Islands yesterday.…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Sunshine and clouds with a high of 86
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Sunshine and clouds with a high of 86

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be pleasant with times of sunshine and clouds and a high of 86, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix will be mainly clear with a…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Most aging Americans will need long-term care in their lifetime. Loved ones often take on the labor and costs.
Posted inBreaking News Health News Humanitarian News

Most aging Americans will need long-term care in their lifetime. Loved ones often take on the labor and costs.

(CBS) Since 2017, three generations have taken care of Gladys Ortiz, an 83-year-old woman who lives in Miami and struggles with Parkinson's and dementia. Among them is her daughter, Yanira Portuondo, who…
Posted by John McCarthy March 19, 2025
Former Texas megachurch pastor accused of child sex abuse surrenders in Oklahoma
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Former Texas megachurch pastor accused of child sex abuse surrenders in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A former pastor of a Texas megachurch accused of child sexual abuse surrendered to Oklahoma authorities Monday. Robert Preston Morris, 63, turned himself in to officials…
Posted by John McCarthy March 18, 2025

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