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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
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
Posted inBreaking News National News

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
Jewell Loyd scores 32 before sellout of 18,000, Seattle holds off Caitlin Clark and Fever 85-83
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Jewell Loyd scores 32 before sellout of 18,000, Seattle holds off Caitlin Clark and Fever 85-83

SEATTLE (AP) — The decisive losses Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever endured to start the WNBA season were easier to handle than the last two setbacks that were decided…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2024
NCAA votes to accept $2.8 billion settlement that could usher in dramatic change for college sports
Posted inBreaking News National News Sports News

NCAA votes to accept $2.8 billion settlement that could usher in dramatic change for college sports

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA and Big Ten Conference leadership approved a $2.8 billion settlement of antitrust claims Wednesday, moving college athletics closer to some of the most sweeping changes in its history.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2024
NOAA predicts highest-ever number of named storms in preseason forecast
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

NOAA predicts highest-ever number of named storms in preseason forecast

MIAMI — In the highest hurricane season forecast they have ever issued in May, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters said Thursday that the coming months may be exceptionally busy.…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2024
Help police find missing minor on St. Thomas
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Police News

Help police find missing minor on St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Police need your help today to find a missing minor on St. Thomas. Jahmiah Jeffers, 16, was last seen in Anna's Retreat wearing an Ivanna Eudora Kean…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2024
Biden and Kenyan President Ruto urge global leaders to help lessen developing nations’ crushing debt
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Biden and Kenyan President Ruto urge global leaders to help lessen developing nations’ crushing debt

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Kenyan President William Ruto are using the first state visit to the United States by an African leader in more than 15 years to call on economies…
Posted by John McCarthy May 23, 2024
Main offender given get-out-of-jail-free card by judge back in jail on domestic violence
Posted inAt VIFreep Breaking News Crime News

Main offender given get-out-of-jail-free card by judge back in jail on domestic violence

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Despite the best efforts of a local judge to keep a main violent offender out on the streets of St. Thomas — diligent police officers once again…
Posted by John McCarthy May 22, 2024

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