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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
BARELY LEGAL: Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration
Posted inBreaking News National News U.S. Department of Justice

BARELY LEGAL: Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration

WEST PALM BEACH — Former Florida Representative Matt Gaetz said today that he is withdrawing as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, writing on social media that his nomination…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Routine traffic stop leads to man’s arrest on illegal gun, ammunition charges
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Routine traffic stop leads to man’s arrest on illegal gun, ammunition charges

FREDERIKSTED — A man was arrested on St. Croix after police pulled him over during a traffic stop on the Queen Mary Highway and discovered an illegal weapon, ammunition and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
India’s Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

India’s Modi offers aid to Caribbean nations while meeting leaders in Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday he would share technology for combatting seaweed infestation with Caribbean nations, as he visited Guyana in the first such…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands

COCKBURN TOWN (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Pulisic scores twice, US beats Jamaica 4-2 for 5-2 aggregate win in CONCACAF Nations League QF
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Pulisic scores twice, US beats Jamaica 4-2 for 5-2 aggregate win in CONCACAF Nations League QF

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mauricio Pochettino had a message for American players after a 5-2 aggregate win over Jamaica gave the three-time defending champion United States a berth in the…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Danish military says it’s shadowing Chinese ship after undersea cables were cut
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Danish military says it’s shadowing Chinese ship after undersea cables were cut

COPENHAGEN — The Danish military said today that it was staying close to a Chinese ship currently sitting idle in Danish waters, days after two fiber-optic data telecommunication cables in the Baltic Sea were severed.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2024
First-of-Its-Kind Glowing Sea Creature Discovered in Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’
Posted inBreaking News Education News National News

First-of-Its-Kind Glowing Sea Creature Discovered in Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’

A nudibranch from the midnight zone has fingers on its tail, collects food with a hood, and glows. MONTEREY BAY — A team of researchers has published a detailed description…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2024
Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name
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Campbell’s shareholders approve the company’s new, soupless name

NEW YORK (AP) — Campbell’s is ditching the soup — at least in name. And the change has now received shareholders’ greenlight. Campbell Soup Co. announced its intention to change its…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2024
Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Trump chooses former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker as NATO ambassador

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he has chosen former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker to serve as U.S. ambassador to NATO, the bedrock Western alliance that the president-elect has expressed skepticism about for…
Posted by John McCarthy November 20, 2024

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