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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Cops arrest second suspect in throat-slashing incident outside strip club
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Cops arrest second suspect in throat-slashing incident outside strip club

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A barmaid who "assisted" another woman in a knife fight that left a man bleeding from the neck on St. Thomas in April was arrested by police,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
Police make gun arrest after probation violation
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Police make gun arrest after probation violation

CHRISTIANSTED — Police charged a St. Croix man with illegal gun possession Saturday morning after a probation violation, authorities said. Special Operations Bureau (SOB) officers executed a bench warrant on…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year
Posted inBreaking News Business News International News

CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year

NEW YORK (AP) — The typical compensation package for chief executives who run companies in the S&P 500 jumped nearly 13% last year, easily surpassing the gains for workers at…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

A scientist, a leftist and a former Mexico City mayor. Who is Claudia Sheinbaum?

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia Sheinbaum, who will be Mexico’s first woman leader in the nation’s more than 200 years of independence, captured the presidency by promising continuity. The 61-year-old former Mexico City…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Remembering D-Day, RAF veteran Gilbert Clarke recalls the thrill of planes overhead

LONDON (AP) — Gilbert Clarke leans back on the seat of his mobility scooter, cranes his neck and gazes into the bright blue skies over East London, remembering the moment…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González
Posted inBreaking News La Fortaleza News Puerto Rico News

Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González

SAN JUAN (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
Clark struggles, Boston exits as Fever routed by Liberty
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Clark struggles, Boston exits as Fever routed by Liberty

NEW YORK — Caitlin Clark had just one basket and three points in the worst game of her young pro career, and the New York Liberty routed the Indiana Fever 104-68 in front of 17,401 fans at…
Posted by John McCarthy June 3, 2024
Conditions call for a hurricane to develop by the end of the month: CPC
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News

Conditions call for a hurricane to develop by the end of the month: CPC

SAN JUAN — The bad news about yesterday's start to the Atlantic Hurricane Season is that more favorable conditions for cyclonic development are forecast between mid to late June. Wet…
Posted by John McCarthy June 2, 2024
Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Cuba may import sugar, rum industry pressed amid disastrous harvest

HAVANA — The Cuban sugar harvest is winding down at the lowest tonnage since 1900, forcing the government to import and putting more pressure on its domestic rum, soft drink…
Posted by John McCarthy June 2, 2024
South Korea vows ‘unbearable’ retaliation against North Korea over its launch of trash balloons
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

South Korea vows ‘unbearable’ retaliation against North Korea over its launch of trash balloons

SEOUL (AP) — South Korea said today it’ll soon take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In the past week,…
Posted by John McCarthy June 2, 2024

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