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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space
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NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space

CAPE CANAVERAL (AP) — A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024
Yamamoto shuts down Yankees, Freeman homers again as Dodgers win 4-2 for 2-0 World Series lead
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Yamamoto shuts down Yankees, Freeman homers again as Dodgers win 4-2 for 2-0 World Series lead

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto walked back to his dugout and made the slightest tip of his cap to cheering fans. He left Japan for moments like this, an…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024
Sweeping blackouts in Cuba raise the question: Why has the island’s solar buildout been so slow?
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Sweeping blackouts in Cuba raise the question: Why has the island’s solar buildout been so slow?

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the government had built out more solar power to boost its failing…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024
IMF says Caribbean, Latin America should focus reform towards growth
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IMF says Caribbean, Latin America should focus reform towards growth

WASHINGTON — The International Monetary Fund urged governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to target economic policies aimed at boosting potential growth, saying their reform agenda is currently…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024
Gang coalition in Haiti spreads violence to Port-au-Prince neighborhood, setting fire to homes
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Gang coalition in Haiti spreads violence to Port-au-Prince neighborhood, setting fire to homes

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A gang coalition on Saturday reinforced its attacks on one of the few communities in the Haitian capital not under the control of criminal groups, seeking to…
Posted by John McCarthy October 27, 2024
Armed gangs in Haiti target U.S. Embassy vehicles, UN chopper in escalation of attacks
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Armed gangs in Haiti target U.S. Embassy vehicles, UN chopper in escalation of attacks

P9RT-AU-PRINCE — Armed gangs have attacked U.S. Embassy vehicles in Haiti, where a fresh offensive by a powerful gang coalition has left at least one armored vehicle with a shattered…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2024
Python found eating deer shows they’re going after bigger prey in Florida
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Python found eating deer shows they’re going after bigger prey in Florida

MIAMI — A 15-foot Burmese python was caught swallowing a “full-sized” deer in Southwest Florida, proving the invasive apex predators are ambushing and eating bigger prey. The python was 115…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2024
Police clash with protesters on French island of Martinique
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Police clash with protesters on French island of Martinique

FORT-DE-FRANCE - Protesters defied curfews and clashed with police on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight into Friday morning, officials there said, more than a month since demonstrations erupted over rising…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2024
UN, Spirit Airlines temporarily suspend flights in Haiti’s capital as gang attacks rise
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UN, Spirit Airlines temporarily suspend flights in Haiti’s capital as gang attacks rise

PORT-AU-PRINCE — An ongoing escalation in gang attacks in Haiti’s capital is once more leading air carriers to suspend travel. Spirit Airlines and the United Nations, each cited the deteriorating…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2024
Teenager dies after being shot in the head at Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion
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Teenager dies after being shot in the head at Walter I.M. Hodge Pavilion

FREDERIKSTED — An investigation is underway into the death of a teenager who was shot in the head on Friday evening, according to a Virgin Islands Police Department news release.…
Posted by John McCarthy October 26, 2024

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