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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Dads, families celebrate back-to-school fun days on two islands
Posted inBreaking News Community Affairs Education News

Dads, families celebrate back-to-school fun days on two islands

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The Virgin Islands Department of Justice (DOJ) Paternity and Child Support Division’s Access and Visitation Program (AVP) recently hosted two "family-friendly events on St. Thomas and St.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2025
Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Trump executive order gives politicians control over all federal grants, alarming researchers

NEW YORK (AP) — An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Thursday aims to give political appointees power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2025
Ukraine will not cede land, Zelenskiy says, as Trump, Putin plan meeting
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

Ukraine will not cede land, Zelenskiy says, as Trump, Putin plan meeting

KYIV (Reuters) — President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Trump said on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2025
Dominican Republic, Mexico propose joint efforts to fight sargassum seaweed
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Dominican Republic, Mexico propose joint efforts to fight sargassum seaweed

SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) — The Dominican Republic's Foreign Minister Roberto Alvarez and top Mexican officials have proposed creating a bilateral roundtable to address the environmental impacts of sargassum seaweed on…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2025
St. Croix: Partial sunshine with a passing shower or two this afternoon, high 92
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

St. Croix: Partial sunshine with a passing shower or two this afternoon, high 92

 CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be variably cloudy until late afternoon, then becoming mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs around 92. East winds around 10 mph.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 9, 2025
Haiti replaces police chief with former head of palace security
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

Haiti replaces police chief with former head of palace security

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Haiti's former national palace security chief Vladimir Paraison has been named national police chief, replacing Normil Rameau, according to a decree from the country's transitional presidential council…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Haiti businessman takes over presidency as gangs threaten transition
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti businessman takes over presidency as gangs threaten transition

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Haitian businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr took over his country's leadership on Thursday, the last phase of its transition before it is mandated to hand power to a democratically…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Florida woman charged with posing as nurse and treating more than 4,000 patients with stolen license
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Health News

Florida woman charged with posing as nurse and treating more than 4,000 patients with stolen license

MIAMI — A Florida woman was arrested and accused of posing as a nurse and treating thousands of patients with another nurse's license, authorities said. Autumn Bardisa, 29, of Palm…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Two people found dead inside burning Florida home
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

Two people found dead inside burning Florida home

Two people were found dead inside a burning Kendall home on Friday, officials said. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded to the burning home at 9 a.m. and found two adults…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025
Dead Colorado cat tests positive for the plague — just weeks after Arizona resident dies of troubling disease
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Dead Colorado cat tests positive for the plague — just weeks after Arizona resident dies of troubling disease

A domestic cat died of the bubonic plague in Colorado just weeks after a man in Arizona died of the same troubling disease, according to authorities. The cat, from Evergreen, was diagnosed…
Posted by John McCarthy August 8, 2025

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