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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Northerly swell to bring hazardous marine and coastal conditions to the USVI and Puerto Rico
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Northerly swell to bring hazardous marine and coastal conditions to the USVI and Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — A northerly swell will maintain hazardous marine and coastal conditions through at least Monday, particularly for the Atlantic waters and the passages, and the coastal areas of…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2024
CBP drug dog sniffs out marijuana mule from Orlando
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

CBP drug dog sniffs out marijuana mule from Orlando

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A man was arrested and charged with drug trafficking offenses after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers allegedly found 27 pounds of marijuana in two suitcases. Gregory…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2024
Frontier Airlines passenger is left with ‘disfigured penis’ after brutal hot tea injury
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Frontier Airlines passenger is left with ‘disfigured penis’ after brutal hot tea injury

MYRTLE BEACH — An airline passenger was left with third-degree burns and 'disfiguring scars' on his penis and testicles after he spilt hot tea over himself while traveling on Frontier Airlines.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2024
Tropical Storm Sara pounds Central America with torrential rains as forecasters warn of life-threatening flash flooding
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Sara pounds Central America with torrential rains as forecasters warn of life-threatening flash flooding

TEGUCIGALPA — Belize issued tropical storm warnings for the Central American country's coast on Friday as Tropical Storm Sara stalled in the western Caribbean, dousing Honduras' northern coast with heavy rain. Sustained…
Posted by John McCarthy November 16, 2024
Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Military News

Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe

SAN FRANCISCO — Seven years ago, Monterey police officers investigated an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, at a hotel in the seaside city,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released into the Gulf of Mexico,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
Posted inBreaking News Business News Crime News

Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn’t quite right.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
California man to be sentenced for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
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California man to be sentenced for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student

SANTA ANA (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate is expected to be sentenced Friday to…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence

GUANTANAMO BAY (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him
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Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024

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