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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Leslie strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic but isn’t threatening land
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Leslie strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic but isn’t threatening land

MIAMI — Leslie has strengthened into a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean and isn’t threatening land, forecasters said. The storm was located Saturday about 725 miles (1,170 kilometers) west-southwest of…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2024
Former owner of water buffalo that roamed Iowa suburb for days pleads guilty
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Former owner of water buffalo that roamed Iowa suburb for days pleads guilty

DES MOINES (AP) — The owner of a water buffalo that ran loose in a Des Moines, Iowa, suburb for days pleaded guilty for having an animal at large. The owner was…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2024
Investigators in Haiti accuse three members of transitional presidential council of corruption
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Investigators in Haiti accuse three members of transitional presidential council of corruption

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An anti-corruption agency in Haiti on Wednesday accused three members of the country’s transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens to destabilize the country’s fragile…
Posted by John McCarthy October 5, 2024
Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract
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Dockworkers’ union suspends strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract

MIAMI (AP) — Some 45,000 dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports are returning to work after their union reached a deal to suspend a strike that could have caused shortages…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Hurricane Helene aftermath: More than 223 dead as hope fades in search for survivors
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Hurricane Helene aftermath: More than 223 dead as hope fades in search for survivors

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The weary and worn residents of Julianne Johnson’s neighborhood in Asheville have been getting by without electricity since Hurricane Helene tore through the Southeast last week and upended…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims
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Twin babies who died alongside their mother in Georgia are youngest-known Hurricane Helene victims

ATLANTA (AP) — Obie Williams could hear babies crying and branches battering the windows when he answered his daughter’s daily phone call last week as Hurricane Helene tore through her rural Georgia…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
National Hurricane Center tracking 3 systems in tropics
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National Hurricane Center tracking 3 systems in tropics

MIAMI — The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical disturbances, including two that could affect Florida over the weekend or early next week. Hurricane Kirk is a Category 4 hurricane with 140-mph…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist
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Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest
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A crash saved a teenager whose car suddenly sped up to 120 mph in the rural Midwest

MINNEAPOLIS — Sam Dutcher had just finished running errands when the 18-year-old’s Honda Pilot suddenly began to accelerate, even though his foot wasn’t on the gas pedal. The brake wouldn’t…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024
Florida woman on probation for burglary and child neglect detained at St. Thomas airport
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Florida woman on probation for burglary and child neglect detained at St. Thomas airport

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A woman who was on probation in Florida was arrested at the Cyril E. King Airport on St. Thomas for being a fugitive from justice.  Candy Wiseman…
Posted by John McCarthy October 4, 2024

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