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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Tropical wave leaving, Saharan dust plume moving in, high rip current risk for St. Croix
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical wave leaving, Saharan dust plume moving in, high rip current risk for St. Croix

SAN JUAN — Good morning! Our main image shows the water vapor visible on satellite imagery. A tropical wave is departing our area, but Saharan dust will follow, so please exercise…
Posted by John McCarthy July 20, 2024
40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern coast of Haiti, a UN…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida’s are a national security risk
Posted inBreaking News Business News Crime News

Treasury warns that anti-woke banking laws like Florida’s are a national security risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department is warning that state laws that restrict banks from considering environmental, social and governance factors could harm efforts to address money laundering and terrorism financing. The…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Russia’s energy ministry seeks to extend gasoline exports ban
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

Russia’s energy ministry seeks to extend gasoline exports ban

MOSCOW — Russia's energy ministry has proposed an extension of a gasoline exports ban into September and October, RBC daily reported on Wednesday citing a deputy minister's letter. Russia initially…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets … including USVI
Posted inBreaking News International News Puerto Rico News

Widespread technology outage disrupts flights, banks, media outlets … including USVI

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Port Authority said today that "large-scale tech outages are disrupting airlines and businesses around the world." Travelers to and from the U.S. Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science
Posted inBreaking News Education News Environmental News

Webcam monitors hundreds of rattlesnakes at a Colorado ‘mega den’ for citizen science

FORT COLLINS, Colorado (AP) — They creep, slither and slide over and around each other by the dozen and now there’s a webcam so that anybody can watch them online…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Help police find St. Croix man wanted for domestic violence
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Crime News

Help police find St. Croix man wanted for domestic violence

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help to find a man wanted for domestic violence on St. Croix. Jabari White, 34, is wanted for destruction of property-domestic violence, the Virgin Islands…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Passing of tropical wave, upper level trough will leave humid, wet conditions

SAN JUAN — Forecasters at the National Weather Service say we can expect humid and wet conditions today. The passage of a tropical wave and a upper level trough will…
Posted by John McCarthy July 19, 2024
Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General releases report on scamming
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General releases report on scamming

Social Security’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released its quarterly Scam Report to Congress. The report provides information about scam trends in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2024…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024
A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

A North Korean diplomat in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, a possible blow to leader Kim

HAVANA (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North’s…
Posted by John McCarthy July 18, 2024

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