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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Matthew Gumbs faces domestic violence charges for alleged assault
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Matthew Gumbs faces domestic violence charges for alleged assault

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas man faces domestic violence charges for allegedly threatening to kill an "acquaintace" by strangling her while he was inebriated, authorities said. Matthew Gumbs, 27,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Tropical depression 7 pops up in Atlantic, NHC says it could become a tropical storm
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical depression 7 pops up in Atlantic, NHC says it could become a tropical storm

MIAMI — Just one day after the peak of hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center has officially tagged Tropical Depression Seven in the Atlantic Ocean. The system was located about…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary
Posted inBreaking News Education News International News

No neigh-sayers: Live horses join first-day veterinary students for anatomy lecture in Hungary

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A lecture hall full of first-year veterinary students in Hungary eagerly took their places for the first animal anatomy lesson of their academic careers, when two…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative
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Pharrell as a Lego and Robbie Williams as a chimp? Music biopics get creative

TORONTO (AP) — Many of the expected conventions of music biopics are present in “Piece by Piece,” about the producer-turned-pop star Pharrell Williams, and “Better Man,” about the British singer Robbie Williams.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets
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Trump repeats baseless claim about Haitian immigrants eating pets

PHILADELPHIA — A baseless claim that illegal immigrants from Haiti have been eating domestic pets in a small Ohio city has been repeated by Donald Trump. During ABC's presidential debate,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
NHC monitoring Invest 92-L, Invest 93-L, more as they attempt to organize in Atlantic
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

NHC monitoring Invest 92-L, Invest 93-L, more as they attempt to organize in Atlantic

MIAMI — As Hurricane Francine looms in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center is monitoring two additional areas of interest that each have the potential to develop in the next…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News National News

Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced each other on the debate stage Tuesday night for the first — and possibly the last — time. The Democratic vice president opened the faceoff with a…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Trinidadian allegedly stole $122,292.88 from elderly man to pay off her mortgage
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Trinidadian allegedly stole $122,292.88 from elderly man to pay off her mortgage

FREDERIKSTED — Police are investigating after a native of Trinidad and Tobago allegedly stole $122,292.88 from an elderly man's bank account to make payments on her overdue mortgage. Eva S.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 10, 2024
Two Delta planes collide on an Atlanta taxiway, knocking the tail off one
Posted inBreaking News Consumer News National News

Two Delta planes collide on an Atlanta taxiway, knocking the tail off one

ATLANTA (AP) — Two Delta Air Lines planes collided on a taxiway at Atlanta’s airport Tuesday morning, with a larger plane knocking over the tail of a smaller regional jet.…
Posted by John McCarthy September 10, 2024

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