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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt
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$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt

Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. Five days before Donald Trump became president in January 2017, a manager at a…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2024
Outrage over butch boxer fuels concern of a backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes
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Outrage over butch boxer fuels concern of a backlash against LGBTQ+ and women athletes

PARIS (AP) — LGBTQ+ athletes, officials and observers have warned that a deluge of hateful comments misidentifying a female boxer in the Paris Olympics as transgender or a man could pose dangers…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2024
A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News National News

A humpback whale in Washington state is missing its tail. One expert calls the sight ‘heartbreaking’

SEATTLE (AP) — A humpback whale that is missing its tail and was spotted in Washington state’s inland waters likely lost its iconic flukes after becoming entangled, possibly in some…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2024
Invest 97L heads for the Gulf of Mexico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Invest 97L heads for the Gulf of Mexico

MIAMI — A well-defined tropical wave is producing a large area of poorly organized showers and thunderstorms over eastern Cuba, Hispaniola, the southeastern Bahamas, and Jamaica, as well as the…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2024
Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Health News

Safe Golfing During the Caribbean Heat Season

Near record heat can be expected until October, according to predictions from the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) in its Heat Outlook for April to September 2024. Intense, near-record…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2024
Robbery at Atlanta Chick-fil-A turns into extended brawl when staffer fights back
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Robbery at Atlanta Chick-fil-A turns into extended brawl when staffer fights back

ATLANTA — An armed man trying to rob a Chick-fil-A was sent running when an employee fought him off for more than three minutes in the kitchen, according to investigators…
Posted by John McCarthy August 2, 2024
Florida faces flood threat as Invest 97L shifts west
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Florida faces flood threat as Invest 97L shifts west

Keeping an eye on the tropical wave that could enter the Gulf this weekend MIAMI — A large tropical wave was tagged by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 97-L…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024
School custodian arrested for using co-workers’ credit cards to shop online
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School custodian arrested for using co-workers’ credit cards to shop online

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A St. Thomas elementary school custodian who used the information from her co-workers' credit cards to shop online at Walmart has been arrested. Tatiana C. Thompson, 30,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024
US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro
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US arrests a former Green Beret over the failed 2020 raid into Venezuela to remove Maduro

CARACAS (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024
In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act
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In an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Schumer introduces the No Kings Act

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will introduce legislation today reaffirming that presidents do not have immunity for criminal actions, an attempt to reverse the Supreme Court’s landmark decision last…
Posted by John McCarthy August 1, 2024

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