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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Royal Caribbean passenger plans to file lawsuit after water slide partially breaks, injuring him
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Royal Caribbean passenger plans to file lawsuit after water slide partially breaks, injuring him

MIAMI — A man who was a passenger onboard Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas cruise ship last week has hired an attorney after he was injured on the “Frightening…
Posted by John McCarthy August 12, 2025
St. Croix: Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a thunderstorm, high 91
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

St. Croix: Intervals of clouds and sunshine with a thunderstorm, high 91

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be variably cloudy, then becoming partly cloudy this late morning and early afternoon, then becoming variably cloudy. Scattered showers. Hazy. Highs around 94. East…
Posted by John McCarthy August 12, 2025
SOB traffic stop nets fugitive from justice with gun, drugs, ammunition
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

SOB traffic stop nets fugitive from justice with gun, drugs, ammunition

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A VIPD Special Operations Bureau initiative yielded a wanted fugitive from Georgia with a cache of drugs, gun and ammunition, authorities said. Roshawn Fabien, 46, of St.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
Vashti Iyantha Gumbs tried to cash 2 forged checks for $130,000, VIPD says
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Vashti Iyantha Gumbs tried to cash 2 forged checks for $130,000, VIPD says

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Detectives with the Virgin Islands Police Department’s Economic Crime Unit arrested 23-year-old Vashti Iyantha Gumbs of Estate Thomas, St. Thomas, in connection with two separate incidents involving…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
FBI arrests Julian Garcia-Cabrera for carjacking in Puerto Rico
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FBI arrests Julian Garcia-Cabrera for carjacking in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Special Agent in Charge (SAC) Devin J. Kowalski, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), San Juan Field Office, announced today the arrest of Julian Garcia-Cabrera. Garcia-Cabrera was…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth
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Why Niger is investigating the $5 million sale of the largest Mars rock found on Earth

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It’s the largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth — a 54-pound (25-kilogram) meteorite that fetched more than $5 million at a New York auction last month,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
Trump puts DC police under federal control
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Trump puts DC police under federal control

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said today he was deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington and putting the city's police department under federal control, an extraordinary assertion of presidential power…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
74-year-old female teacher faces 600 years behind bars for sex assault on teen
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74-year-old female teacher faces 600 years behind bars for sex assault on teen

A 74-year-old female former private school teacher in Monroe County, Wisconsin, has been convicted and faces hundreds of years in prison after being charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old male student. Anne N.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
Tropical Storm Erin bears watching for the Caribbean and Florida
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Tropical Storm Erin bears watching for the Caribbean and Florida

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erin formed in the Atlantic Monday morning, and it’s one that forecasters say bears watching — especially for the Caribbean and Florida. The National Hurricane Center’s…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025
Tropical Storm Erin forms west of Africa
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Erin forms west of Africa

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Erin has formed in the eastern Atlantic Ocean this morning.. https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/1954916727340384741 The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said it gave an advisory on the storm this morning.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 11, 2025

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