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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
62 gang members charged with drug, firearm violations
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

62 gang members charged with drug, firearm violations

SAN JUAN — A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico on April 24 returned an indictment charging 62 violent gang members with conspiracy to possess with intent…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2024
Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger’s pants
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Snakes almost on a plane: TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger’s pants

MIAMI (AP) — Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week — a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants. According to an X post by the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2024
Escaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days
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Escaped zebra captured near Seattle after gallivanting around Cascade mountain foothills for days

SEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week after she escaped with three other zebras from…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2024
Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’
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Hamas says latest cease-fire talks have ended. Israel vows military operation in ‘very near future’

JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said today, reiterating key demands that Israel again…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2024
US dad detained in Turks & Caicos for months for having ammo in luggage has hearing
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

US dad detained in Turks & Caicos for months for having ammo in luggage has hearing

COCKBURN TOWN — The fate of a Pennsylvania man is being closely watched by others in similar situations as a judge will determine whether he will be imprisoned for bringing…
Posted by John McCarthy May 5, 2024
Commanders CB Mike Sainristil started out in Haiti … ended up in the NFL
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Commanders CB Mike Sainristil started out in Haiti … ended up in the NFL

WASHINGTON — Former Michigan cornerback Mike Sainristil lasted until the No. 50 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft, going to the Washington Commanders. Since last Friday night, Sainristil has been a popular…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2024
Families claim Americans are ‘unjustly detained’ in Turks and Caicos for possession of ammunition
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Families claim Americans are ‘unjustly detained’ in Turks and Caicos for possession of ammunition

COCKBURN TOWN — The families of four Americans charged in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition insisted this week that their loved ones were “unjustly detained” on the island awaiting…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2024
CARICOM members Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago recognize State of Palestine: OPINION
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Humanitarian News

CARICOM members Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago recognize State of Palestine: OPINION

Amidst what Barbados’s Prime Minister Mia Mottley described as the world’s first televised genocide in Gaza, the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds announced April 19,…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2024
Caitlin Clark scores game-high 21 points, but Indiana Fever fall in WNBA exhibition opener
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Caitlin Clark scores game-high 21 points, but Indiana Fever fall in WNBA exhibition opener

DALLAS — Down three points to the Dallas Wings with three seconds left, Indiana already had a game plan: go to Fever rookie sensation Caitlin Clark. The No. 1 pick, who led the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 4, 2024
Texas extradition action dismissed for Fadzai Makonyonga
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Texas extradition action dismissed for Fadzai Makonyonga

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A judge has dismissed an extradition action after learning that the state of Texas rescinded a fugitive warrant in an identity theft case, Superior Court records show.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 3, 2024

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