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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets
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A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory described Wednesday seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going…
Posted by John McCarthy December 28, 2024
Trump names envoy to Panama after urging US reassert control over canal
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Trump names envoy to Panama after urging US reassert control over canal

PANAMA CITY — U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera to serve as ambassador to Panama after having threatened for the U.S. to reassert control…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2024
Trump advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers
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Trump advisers Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy expose rift with MAGA loyalists over immigrant tech workers

WASHINGTON — A multiday firestorm has erupted over comments made by two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump about H-1B temporary worker visas, a carve-out for high-skilled workers who some…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2024
Bidens arrive at beach villa on St. Croix after prior free stays drew ethics outcry
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Bidens arrive at beach villa on St. Croix after prior free stays drew ethics outcry

CHRISTIANSTED — President Biden and his family arrived Thursday in St. Croix for what may be the final unpaid vacation of his presidency at the home of wealthy businesspeople —…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2024
China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’
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China’s Xi orders a stop to a spree of mass killings known as ‘revenge on society crimes’

BANGKOK (AP) — The order came from the top. China’s leader Xi Jinping wants the recent spree of mass killings that shocked the country not to happen again. He ordered local governments to prevent…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2024
Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital
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Haiti’s health minister loses his job after a deadly gang attack on a hospital in the capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement published on…
Posted by John McCarthy December 27, 2024
Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in Brazilian village
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Santa braves the sticky heat of the Amazon jungle to bring gifts to children in Brazilian village

CATALAO, Brazil (AP) — Santa Claus braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to children in a village near the Brazilian…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2024
Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development
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Peyote sacred to Native Americans threatened by psychedelic renaissance and development

HEBBRONVILLE, Texas (AP) — In this corner of southern Texas, the plump cacti seem to pop out of arid dust and cracked earth, like magic dumplings. It’s only here and…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2024
Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
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Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 26, 2024
From pooping logs to fierce cats: The world’s quirkiest holiday traditions
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From pooping logs to fierce cats: The world’s quirkiest holiday traditions

When it comes to holiday traditions, Santa and his reindeer are being upstaged by some quirky and unexpected traditions around the world. From a gift-pooping log in Spain to a…
Posted by John McCarthy December 25, 2024

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