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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe
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Trump’s defense secretary pick, Pete Hegseth, was named in Monterey sex assault probe

SAN FRANCISCO — Seven years ago, Monterey police officers investigated an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, at a hotel in the seaside city,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home
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A wayward sea turtle wound up in the Netherlands. A rescue brought it thousands of miles back home

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — An endangered sea turtle that was found about a year ago some 5,000 miles (8,047 kilometers) from its native waters has been released into the Gulf of Mexico,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume
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Insurers say bear that damaged luxury cars was actually a person in a costume

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has seen its share of bears breaking into cars. But bears caught on camera entering luxury cars tipped off insurers that something wasn’t quite right.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
California man to be sentenced for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student
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California man to be sentenced for hate crime in the killing of a gay college student

SANTA ANA (AP) — A California man convicted of stabbing to death a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an act of hate is expected to be sentenced Friday to…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence
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Judge sets date for 9/11 defendants to enter pleas, deepening battle over court’s independence

GUANTANAMO BAY (AP) — A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him
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Trump is already testing Congress and daring Republicans to oppose him

WASHINGTON (AP) — After a resounding election victory, delivering what President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans said is a mandate to govern, an uneasy political question is emerging: Will there be any room for dissent…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Central America braces for Tropical Storm Sara’s ‘life-threatening’ downpour
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Central America braces for Tropical Storm Sara’s ‘life-threatening’ downpour

SAN JOSE — Central American countries scrambled on Thursday night to make preparations for the impact of Tropical Storm Sara, with Honduras likely to be the first in the storm's…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence
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Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet up violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully…
Posted by John McCarthy November 15, 2024
Pedestrian dies after being struck in Mars Hill
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Pedestrian dies after being struck in Mars Hill

FREDERIKSTED — A 83-year-old man was killed when he was struck by a vehicle in Mars Hill on Tuesday evening, authorities said. Alexander Springer was crossing the Queen Mary Highway…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2024
Man dies after rear-end crash in Estate Pearl
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Man dies after rear-end crash in Estate Pearl

CHRISTIANSTED — An 88-year-old  man was killed in a crash in Estate Pearl on Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. Matthew Telesford, was positively identified by a family member as the accident…
Posted by John McCarthy November 14, 2024

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