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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, War sec says
Posted inBreaking News Military News National News

14 dead in more strikes against alleged drug boats, War sec says

WASHINGTON (ABC) — The U.S. has carried out strikes against four more alleged drug vessels in the Eastern Pacific, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday, killing 14 people. "Yesterday, at…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
25 states sue Trump administration over SNAP food stamp freeze during shutdown
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

25 states sue Trump administration over SNAP food stamp freeze during shutdown

WASHINGTON (CBS) — A coalition of officials from half of the states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over the suspension of food stamp benefits amid the…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Lumoses Donawald arrested for tampering with a vehicle
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Lumoses Donawald arrested for tampering with a vehicle

CHRISTIANSTED — A St Croix man was arrested for allegedly tampering with a vehicle, authorities said. Lumoses Donawald, 33, was arrested and charged with trespass, damaging or tampering with a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Judge faces increased scrutiny for jailing testifier over ‘daddy issues’
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Judge faces increased scrutiny for jailing testifier over ‘daddy issues’

ATLANTA — A 21-year-old woman testifying in support of her mother was jailed at the end of her parents’ divorce bench trial in Georgia — on illegal orders from a…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa barrels towards Jamaica as Category 5 storm, threatening catastrophe
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Hurricane Melissa barrels towards Jamaica as Category 5 storm, threatening catastrophe

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Jamaicans braced for impact today as Hurricane Melissa neared landfall, threatening catastrophic storm surges, flash floods, and landslides as the worst storm to hit the Caribbean island…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Hurricane Melissa is set to hit Jamaica as its strongest storm since records began

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa was set to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Hurricane Melissa to bring ‘catastrophic situation’ to Jamaica in storm of the century
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Hurricane Melissa to bring ‘catastrophic situation’ to Jamaica in storm of the century

KINGSTON (Reuters) — Hurricane Melissa was expected to bring catastrophe as it makes landfall in Jamaica with storm surges, flash floods and landslides in the worst storm to hit the Caribbean…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
Breezy with clouds and sun, a couple of showers this morning, high 90
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Breezy with clouds and sun, a couple of showers this morning, high 90

Quiet Night with a Few Showers and Rip Currents A calm evening is expected with a few passing showers and a moderate to high rip current risk along north-facing beaches.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 28, 2025
70-year-old mom faces murder charges for holding man in a chokehold while her daughter beat him to death
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

70-year-old mom faces murder charges for holding man in a chokehold while her daughter beat him to death

CANTON, Ohio — Dorothy Lowery, 70, and her daughter, Yolanda R. Lowery, 54, both from Canton, Ohio, have been charged with murder after allegedly attacking and killing a man later found…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2025
Couple tries to flee territory to avoid charges of child rape, VIPD says
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Couple tries to flee territory to avoid charges of child rape, VIPD says

CHRISTIANSTED — After a nine-month long investigation, the Virgin Islands Police Department announced the arrest of a St. Croix couple in connection to the rape of a 7-year-old child. Elliot…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2025

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