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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
St. Thomas man accused of $40,000 bank theft
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

St. Thomas man accused of $40,000 bank theft

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man is accused using a dead person's debit card to steal at least $40,000 from the account without permission, authorities said. Millener Rogers, 74,…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Zelenskyy leaves White House early after Ukraine talks collapse
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Zelenskyy leaves White House early after Ukraine talks collapse

WASHINGTON — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky left the White House this afternoon following the collapse of talks with President Donald Trump after a clash in the Oval Office. Zelensky left the White House early…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
U.S. aid cuts are making it difficult to help Haitians affected by gang violence, UN says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

U.S. aid cuts are making it difficult to help Haitians affected by gang violence, UN says

Even as the United Nations continues to crunch the numbers on the rippling effects of the Trump administration’s freeze on U.S. foreign assistance and gutting of the U.S. Agency for…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Airline defends crew after corpse seated next to vacationing couple
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Airline defends crew after corpse seated next to vacationing couple

MELBOURNE — Qatar Airways defended its crew after they deposited a deceased passenger next to a couple for the final four hours of a flight from Australia to Doha, Qatar earlier this…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Gene Hackman’s wife’s body was found decomposing with signs of ‘mummification’
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Gene Hackman’s wife’s body was found decomposing with signs of ‘mummification’

SANTA FE, New Mexico — The circumstances around the death of Betsy Arakawa, the wife of Gene Hackman, could have lent itself to mummification, according to a forensic pathologist. Arakawa…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE and pony show is a distraction from the real Trump cuts to come
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Elon Musk’s DOGE and pony show is a distraction from the real Trump cuts to come

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is firing government workers with all the compassion and intelligence of a great white shark. Indeed, in some cases it is hard to tell…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Trump’s permanent USAID cuts slam humanitarian programs worldwide: ‘We are being pushed off a cliff’
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

Trump’s permanent USAID cuts slam humanitarian programs worldwide: ‘We are being pushed off a cliff’

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The Trump administration’s decision to terminate 90% of USAID’s foreign aid contracts slammed humanitarian projects worldwide on Thursday, from a new hospital in troubled Haiti to the biggest HIV…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Why are coffee prices rising in the U.S.?
Posted inBreaking News Business News Consumer News

Why are coffee prices rising in the U.S.?

It's not only the surging cost of eggs that is making breakfast pricier these days — the price of coffee is also spiking because of a confluence of factors. The cost of…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
Partly sunny, humid and breezy
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Partly sunny, humid and breezy

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny and humid, breezy in the morning with a couple of showers and a high of 85, AccuWeather said. Tonight St. Croix…
Posted by John McCarthy February 28, 2025
U.S. economy shows signs of strain from Trump’s tariffs
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U.S. economy shows signs of strain from Trump’s tariffs

The United States economy is starting to show signs of strain as President Trump’s abrupt moves to shrink federal spending, lay off government workers and impose tariffs on America’s largest…
Posted by John McCarthy February 27, 2025

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