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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica’s first Olympic medal: ‘It’s a really big deal’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Education News

Triple jump champion Thea LaFond on winning Dominica’s first Olympic medal: ‘It’s a really big deal’

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Sometimes, all it takes is one athlete. In March, triple jumper Thea LaFond was the only representative of her tiny Caribbean nation, Dominica, at world indoors.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 26, 2024
Walmart recalls apple juice sold in 25 states due to arsenic concerns
Posted inBreaking News Consumer News Health News

Walmart recalls apple juice sold in 25 states due to arsenic concerns

WASHINGTON — Walmart has recalled nearly 10,000 cases of apple juice sold in stores across the U.S. that were found to contain potentially harmful levels of inorganic arsenic. The U.S.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 26, 2024
Police need your help to find 2 missing teenagers
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Police need your help to find 2 missing teenagers

FREDERIKSTED — Virgin Islands Police need your help today to find two missing teenagers.  Dion Ahmil Williams Dion Ahmil "Ahmillion" Williams, 19, was last seen at 4:00 p.m. on August…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2024
Late French film star Alain Delon wanted his dog buried with him. The dog gets to live
Posted inArt News Breaking News International News

Late French film star Alain Delon wanted his dog buried with him. The dog gets to live

PARIS (AP) — Before he died this week, French film icon Alain Delon once suggested he wanted his beloved sheepdog Loubo buried with him. To the relief of animal lovers around France,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2024
Harris’ family members are popping up around Chicago this week during the DNC. Here’s who’s who
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Community Affairs

Harris’ family members are popping up around Chicago this week during the DNC. Here’s who’s who

CHICAGO (AP) — Kamala Harris has a husband, Doug Emhoff, who could make history as America’s first gentleman spouse. Two stepchildren who call her “Momala.” A politically connected sister who is a…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2024
US military to deliver 24 more armored vehicles to Kenyan police in Haiti
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US military to deliver 24 more armored vehicles to Kenyan police in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The U.S. military said that it would deliver 24 additional armored vehicles to Kenyan personnel deployed in Haiti who are heading a long-delayed security operation in the conflict-ravaged Caribbean nation.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2024
NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule
Posted inBreaking News National News

NASA decides to keep 2 astronauts in space until February, nixes return on troubled Boeing capsule

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) — NASA decided Saturday it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule, and they’ll have to wait until next…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2024
China and Philippines trade blame after ships collide again in disputed waters
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

China and Philippines trade blame after ships collide again in disputed waters

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2024
Islamic State claims responsibility for knife attack at German ‘multiculturalism’ festival
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Entertainment News

Islamic State claims responsibility for knife attack at German ‘multiculturalism’ festival

SOLINGEN, Germany — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility today for a knife attack in the German city of Solingen that killed three people and wounded eight others. Police have detained a…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2024
Italian prosecutors open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking
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Italian prosecutors open manslaughter investigation into superyacht sinking

SICILY — Prosecutors in Italy have opened a manslaughter investigation after a superyacht capsized off the coast of Sicily, killing seven people on board. Ambrogio Cartosio, a prosecutor in the town of…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2024

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