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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Dante James gets 15 years for making child pornography of his student
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Dante James gets 15 years for making child pornography of his student

CHRISTIANSTED — A child's steel pan instructor was sentenced to 15 years in prison for making child pornography, authorities said. Dante Edison James, 28, of St. Croix, was given 180…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Colombian hitwoman, 23, known as ‘The Doll’ arrested for several murders, including her ex-boyfriend
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Colombian hitwoman, 23, known as ‘The Doll’ arrested for several murders, including her ex-boyfriend

BOGOTA — A doll-faced killer will get thrown in the box. A sultry 23-year-old Colombian woman known as “The Doll” and labeled a “dangerous hitwoman” was arrested in connection to…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Which countries have completed debt swaps for nature and climate

BRIDGETOWN — Debt swaps are becoming a more widely used tool to help indebted countries raise money for conservation or climate-related projects. Under a swap, a country buys back more…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Michael Cole, ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘General Hospital’ star, dies at 84
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Michael Cole, ‘The Mod Squad’ and ‘General Hospital’ star, dies at 84

LOS ANGELES — Michael Cole, who starred as one-third of “The Mod Squad,” has died. He was 84. The actor played Pete Cochran in the hit ABC crime show that…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Philippines will resupply missions in South China Sea, won’t escalate situation
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Philippines will resupply missions in South China Sea, won’t escalate situation

MANILA — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that the country will not send its navy to support Filipino fishers in a contested shoal in the South China…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
5 killed, including 2 children, in suspected murder-suicide
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5 killed, including 2 children, in suspected murder-suicide

ATLANTA (AP) — Five people, including a !-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, were found dead Saturday in an apartment outside Atlanta in what police suspect was a murder-suicide. Police…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shouts on way into courthouse and fights extradition
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO shouts on way into courthouse and fights extradition

ALTOONA, Pennsylvania (AP) — The man charged with murder in the killing of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare made it clear he wasn’t going to make things easy on authorities, shouting unintelligibly and…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Luigi Mangione’s hard turn from wealth and success to murder suspect
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Luigi Mangione’s hard turn from wealth and success to murder suspect

BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) — Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
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Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024
Woman killed in crash as officer responds to threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home
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Woman killed in crash as officer responds to threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home

ROME, Georgia (AP) — A motorist was killed as police responded to a bomb threat at the Georgia home of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, authorities said. A police officer…
Posted by John McCarthy December 11, 2024

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