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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
Help cops find St. Thomas man wanted for robbery in St. John
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Help cops find St. Thomas man wanted for robbery in St. John

CRUZ BAY — Police need your help today to find a St. Thomas man for a robbery in St. John. Shaun Dogue Jr., of Anna's Retreat, is wanted in connection to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
UN experts decry water woes in Guadeloupe and say scientists and activists are being censored
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

UN experts decry water woes in Guadeloupe and say scientists and activists are being censored

BASSE-TERRE (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding that they are concerned about tap water pollution, excessive prices and attempts…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
Help police find St. Thomas robbery suspect on St. John
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Help police find St. Thomas robbery suspect on St. John

CRUZ BAY — Police need your help today to find a St. Thomas man for a robbery in St. John. Shane Paris-Creque, of St. Thomas, is wanted in connection to…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
Indiana Fever beat L.A. Sparks, Caitlin Clark’s first WNBA win
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Indiana Fever beat L.A. Sparks, Caitlin Clark’s first WNBA win

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caitlin Clark had 11 points and 10 rebounds for her first WNBA double-double and the Indiana Fever beat the Los Angeles Sparks 78-73 on Friday night to snap…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
Pennsylvania dad returns home after detainment in Turks and Caicos for ammo in his luggage
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Pennsylvania dad returns home after detainment in Turks and Caicos for ammo in his luggage

COCKBURN TOWN — A Pennsylvania man arrived at the Pittsburgh airport Friday night after he was released from custody on the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), where he had been detained for having ammunition…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
A young couple from the U.S. were among 3 missionaries killed in Haiti violence
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

A young couple from the U.S. were among 3 missionaries killed in Haiti violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti's capital after they were attacked while leaving a…
Posted by John McCarthy May 25, 2024
Trump campaign deletes ‘unified Reich’ post after widespread backlash
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Trump campaign deletes ‘unified Reich’ post after widespread backlash

PALM BEACH — Donald Trump’s campaign deleted a video shared on his Truth Social account that included the phrase “unified Reich” amid blowback from the Biden administration and a handful…
Posted by John McCarthy May 24, 2024
Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the…
Posted by John McCarthy May 24, 2024
Biden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Biden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision…
Posted by John McCarthy May 24, 2024

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