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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Past COVID infections may help protect against certain colds. Could it lead to better vaccines?
Posted inBreaking News Education News Health News

Past COVID infections may help protect against certain colds. Could it lead to better vaccines?

If you’ve been sick with COVID-19, you may have some protection against certain versions of the common cold. A new study suggests previous COVID-19 infections lower the risk of getting colds caused…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2024
Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian leaders have ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs. A government…
Posted by John McCarthy June 16, 2024
Sweden says Russian military jet violated airspace
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Sweden says Russian military jet violated airspace

STOCKHOLM — Swedish fighter jets intercepted a Russian military aircraft after it briefly violated Sweden's airspace on Friday east of the Baltic island of Gotland, the Nordic country's armed forces…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2024
Trump Rolled The Dice Taking His Hush Money Case To Trial And Lost. Now He Might Lose Again.
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Trump Rolled The Dice Taking His Hush Money Case To Trial And Lost. Now He Might Lose Again.

NEW YORK — A long-standing, unwritten rule that evolved to avoid clogging up the criminal justice system could now work to sentence newly convicted felon Donald Trump to prison when he appears before…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2024
10 workers admitted to hospital after construction scaffold collapses
Posted inBreaking News Business News Health News

10 workers admitted to hospital after construction scaffold collapses

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Ten construction workers were rushed to Schneider Regional Medical Center on Friday morning after a scaffold collapsed in western St. Thomas. A spokeswoman for the medical center…
Posted by John McCarthy June 15, 2024
Janitor who masterminded $4 million theft of HUD funds after storm granted leave by VIDE
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Janitor who masterminded $4 million theft of HUD funds after storm granted leave by VIDE

FREDERIKSTED — A Department of Education maintenance man who masterminded a scheme to steal $4 million in federal disaster recovery funds has been granted leave by VIDE so he can…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

La Niña is likely to arrive this summer. Here’s what that means for hurricane season

El Niño is so last season. Federal forecasters say the climate pattern, which brought warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures to the Eastern Pacific — and helped drive global temperatures to new heights…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Government gets climate change assessment
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Government House News

Government gets climate change assessment

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Governor Albert Bryan and Lieutenant Governor Tregenza Roach participated Wednesday in an information session on climate change conducted at the UVI Innovation Center by UVI President Emerita…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Barbados disagrees its currency should be devalued
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Barbados disagrees its currency should be devalued

BRIDGETOWN (AP) — Barbados' government does not support devaluing the Caribbean island's currency and says it is determined to maintain its fixed exchange rate with the U.S. dollar. The Barbados…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024
Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth
Posted inBreaking News International News

Rare twin elephants in Thailand receive monks’ blessings a week after their tumultuous birth

BANGKOK (AP) — Buddhist monks in Thailand on Friday blessed twin baby elephants, one male and the other female, a week after their rare birth came close to being a…
Posted by John McCarthy June 14, 2024

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