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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Majority of US adults say democracy is on the ballot but they differ on the threat
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Majority of US adults say democracy is on the ballot but they differ on the threat

NEW YORK (AP) — Roughly 3 in 4 American adults believe the upcoming presidential election is vital to the future of U.S. democracy, although which candidate they think poses the…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto expected to form next week as it moves past the Antilles
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Hurricane Ernesto expected to form next week as it moves past the Antilles

SAN JUAN — An area of low pressure could form in the central or western tropical Atlantic Ocean early next week. Some development of this system is possible while it…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2024
American missionary in Haiti: ‘I feel like a sitting duck ready to be shot’
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

American missionary in Haiti: ‘I feel like a sitting duck ready to be shot’

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Private security guards watch the premises and a 12-foot wall protects the sprawling solar-powered Miracle Village in Fond-Parisien, where a self-defense citizens’ brigade patrols the town’s blocked and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 7, 2024
Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies boxer debate to undermine the Olympics
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Russian disinformation slams Paris and amplifies boxer debate to undermine the Olympics

WASHINGTON (AP) — The actor in the viral music video denouncing the 2024 Olympics looks a lot like French President Emmanuel Macron. The images of rats, trash and the sewage,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 7, 2024
Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade
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Great Barrier Reef waters were hottest in 400 years over the past decade

SYDNEY (AP) — Ocean temperatures in the Great Barrier Reef hit their highest level in 400 years over the past decade, according to researchers who warned that the reef likely…
Posted by John McCarthy August 7, 2024
Extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds
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Extreme heat is impacting most Americans’ electricity bills, AP-NORC poll finds

MIAMI (AP) — During the summer, Levena Lindahl closes off entire rooms, covers windows with blackout curtains and budgets to manage the monthly cost of electricity for air conditioning. But…
Posted by John McCarthy August 7, 2024
Tropical Storm Debby to make second landfall in the US in South Carolina
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Tropical Storm Debby to make second landfall in the US in South Carolina

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Debby was drifting over the Atlantic off the Carolinas early today and is expected to turn back toward South Carolina for a second landfall, the National Hurricane…
Posted by John McCarthy August 7, 2024
Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover
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Elon Musk’s X sues advertisers over alleged ‘massive advertiser boycott’ after Twitter takeover

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has sued a group of advertisers, alleging that a “massive advertiser boycott” deprived the company of billions of dollars in revenue…
Posted by John McCarthy August 6, 2024
Thea LaFond wins triple jump to bring Dominica first ever Olympic gold medal
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Thea LaFond wins triple jump to bring Dominica first ever Olympic gold medal

PARIS — Thea LaFond made history for the Caribbean island nation of Dominica by winning gold in the triple jump on Saturday to claim the country's first-ever Olympic medal. Jamaica's…
Posted by John McCarthy August 6, 2024
Two Jamaican sprinters are no-shows and won’t race for individual medals at Olympics
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Two Jamaican sprinters are no-shows and won’t race for individual medals at Olympics

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Two Jamaican sprinters pulled out of their women’s races this weekend and will not compete for individual medals at the Paris Games. Shericka Jackson, the defending world…
Posted by John McCarthy August 6, 2024

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