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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Secret Service rushes Trump offstage after shots fired at Pennsylvania rally
Posted inBreaking News National News Police News

Secret Service rushes Trump offstage after shots fired at Pennsylvania rally

BUTLER, Pennsylvania — Former President Donald Trump was rushed off the stage with blood on the side of his head and his ear after shots were fired just minutes into…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
Passengers on flight from California to South Florida land after evacuating plane when smoke from laptop fills cabin
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Passengers on flight from California to South Florida land after evacuating plane when smoke from laptop fills cabin

MIAMI — Passengers on a flight from California landed in South Florida on Saturday morning after they were told to evacuate the plane the day before when a fire coming from…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
Tropical Wave brings ‘moisture field,’ urban flood advisory issued for St. Thomas
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Wave brings ‘moisture field,’ urban flood advisory issued for St. Thomas

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — A tropical wave and associated moisture field will continue to approach the islands bringing an increase in showers and thunderstorm activity across the region to start the…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
‘The Virgin Islands cannot take the hit of a trash strike’
Posted inBreaking News Business News Community Affairs

‘The Virgin Islands cannot take the hit of a trash strike’

The thought of the V.I. Waste Management Authority calling for a strike is another one of those, “Are you kidding me?” moments — especially now, in the dead of summer.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
Social Security to expand access to some benefits through upcoming changes
Posted inBreaking News Business News National News

Social Security to expand access to some benefits through upcoming changes

Agency transitioning authentication services to Login.gov The Social Security Administration is set to implement new rules to make it easier for beneficiaries to access certain benefits and increase the payments some may…
Posted by John McCarthy July 13, 2024
Steel pan instructor convicted of producing child pornography
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Steel pan instructor convicted of producing child pornography

CHRISTIANSTED — A federal jury convicted a St. Croix man on production of child pornography and second-degree rape charges, authorities said. Dante Edison James. 28, now awaits sentencing on a…
Posted by John McCarthy July 12, 2024
Here’s what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar
Posted inBreaking News Environmental News Health News

Here’s what seems to work in Miami to keep deaths down as temperatures soar

MIAMI (AP) — Despite a record 46-day streak of triple digit feels-like temperatures, Miami’s unprecedented brutal summer last year wasn’t that deadly, contrasting with the rest of the nation where…
Posted by John McCarthy July 12, 2024
Haiti’s prime minister says Kenyan police are crucial to controlling gangs, early days are positive
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haiti’s prime minister says Kenyan police are crucial to controlling gangs, early days are positive

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that recently deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward…
Posted by John McCarthy July 12, 2024
2 brazen bank robbers face charges in Puerto Rico
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

2 brazen bank robbers face charges in Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN — Special Agent in Charge Joseph González, of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Juan Field Office, announced the arrests of Orlando Tirado-Santiago (Tirado-Santiago) and Alex Manzano-Colón (Manzano-Colón).…
Posted by John McCarthy July 12, 2024
23-year-old man shot to death in Golden Rock
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

23-year-old man shot to death in Golden Rock

CHRISTIANSTED — Police are investigating a shooting in Golden Rock that left a 20-year-old St. Croix man dead this morning. Tyree Rentas was positively identified by a family member as…
Posted by John McCarthy July 11, 2024

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