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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Slow development possible with tropical wave headed towards Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Slow development possible with tropical wave headed towards Caribbean

SAN JUAN — A large tropical wave centered several hundred miles east of the Lesser Antilles is producing limited shower activity due to environmental dry air. Conditions are forecast to…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Curacao becomes associate member of Caribbean Community
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Curacao becomes associate member of Caribbean Community

WILLEMSTAD — The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao on Sunday became the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). CARICOM is a political alliance promoting economic integration and cooperation…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday, the prime minister’s office said.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
Migrants and homeless people are cleared out of Paris during the Olympics
Posted inBreaking News Humanitarian News International News

Migrants and homeless people are cleared out of Paris during the Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Carrying backpacks and small children, hundreds of people sleeping on the streets of Paris climbed aboard buses surrounded by armed police on Thursday, the latest group of migrants…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He’s been found alive after 9 years
Posted inBreaking News National News Technology News

Gizmo the dog went missing in Las Vegas in 2015. He’s been found alive after 9 years

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Judith Monarrez crumpled onto her kitchen floor and wept when the news arrived in an email: Gizmo, her pet dog missing for nine years, had been…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Why, as a Republican mayor, I support Kamala Harris

The time has come for my fellow Arizona Republicans to return to the core foundations of the Grand Old Party. Our party used to stand for the belief that every…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical wave makes a beeline for the Caribbean

SAN JUAN — An area of disturbed weather over the central tropical Atlantic Ocean is expected to interact with an approaching tropical wave over the next couple of days. Environmental…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Prosecutors didn’t talk to eyewitness before filing misdemeanor charges in deadly boat crash
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Prosecutors didn’t talk to eyewitness before filing misdemeanor charges in deadly boat crash

MIAMI — Police and prosecutors with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office didn’t follow up with a key witness who contradicted the captain’s main defense in a one-vessel boat crash that…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Two Mega Millions players win $1 million. Where were the lucky tickets sold?
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Two Mega Millions players win $1 million. Where were the lucky tickets sold?

MIAMI — Mega Millions tickets sold in Illinois and New Jersey win $1 million and narrowly missed the $306 million jackpot, lottery officials say. The tickets matched five winning numbers…
Posted by John McCarthy July 29, 2024
Cops respond to mass shooting in Pan Am Pavilion; 2 shooters, 1 dead, 5 injured
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Cops respond to mass shooting in Pan Am Pavilion; 2 shooters, 1 dead, 5 injured

CHRISTIANSTED — A shooting incident in the Pan Am Pavilion left one man dead and five others injured just after midnight Saturday. The ShotSpotter system was alerted to gunshots fired…
Posted by John McCarthy July 28, 2024

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