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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
8 including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

8 including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2025
Former Texas teacher arrested, accused of sexual relationship with a student
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Former Texas teacher arrested, accused of sexual relationship with a student

GRAPEVINE – The Grapevine Police Department announced Monday that it arrested a former Lewisville ISD teacher accused of sexual assault of a child and having an improper relationship with a student.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2025
Rhode Island science teacher ‘taught student about sex’ in person
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Rhode Island science teacher ‘taught student about sex’ in person

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (WPRI) — A Providence teacher accused of sexually assaulting a woman when she was a teenager was arraigned on new charges. The Providence County Grand Jury handed up an indictment…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2025
Tropical Storm Dexter forms over Atlantic; NHC watching 2 other disturbances for potential development
Posted inBreaking News International News

Tropical Storm Dexter forms over Atlantic; NHC watching 2 other disturbances for potential development

MIAMI — Tropical Storm Dexter, the fourth named storm of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, formed late Sunday night over the western Atlantic off the Carolinas, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2025
St. Croix: Partly sunny, hazy, breezy with a thunderstorm, showers, high 91
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

St. Croix: Partly sunny, hazy, breezy with a thunderstorm, showers, high 91

CHRISTIANSTED — Today St. Croix will be partly sunny with a thunderstorm in spots this morning followed by showers in the afternoon and a high of 91, AccuWeather said. Tonight St.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 4, 2025
Haitian police arrest a former senator accused of working with gangs to attack a peaceful community
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

Haitian police arrest a former senator accused of working with gangs to attack a peaceful community

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations for allegedly supporting gang members. Nenel Cassy was arrested Saturday…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2025
Howard, Boston lead Fever to fifth straight win without Clark, 78-74 over Storm
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Howard, Boston lead Fever to fifth straight win without Clark, 78-74 over Storm

SEATTLE (AP) — Natasha Howard scored 21 points and the Indiana Fever, playing without Caitlin Clark for a seventh straight game, beat the Seattle Storm 78-74 on Sunday to extend…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2025
Weather, sargassum postpones inaugural USVI billfish ‘shootout’
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Weather, sargassum postpones inaugural USVI billfish ‘shootout’

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — Weather and high levels of sargassum have postponed the Virgin Islands Game Fishing Club’s Inaugural USVI Billfish Shootout, scheduled for Saturday out of IGY’s American Yacht Harbor…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2025
Caribbean seeks stronger Africa trade as traditional routes waver
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

Caribbean seeks stronger Africa trade as traditional routes waver

BRIDGETOWN (Reuters)— Caribbean nations are looking to "decisively" broaden opportunities for trade with Africa, the secretary-general of its regional bloc said on Monday, in view of looming uncertainty with its…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2025
Data credibility fears fueled after Trump orders firing of labor official
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Data credibility fears fueled after Trump orders firing of labor official

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sharp downward revisions to past jobs data on Friday, followed by Trump’s sudden order to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, stoked investor…
Posted by John McCarthy August 3, 2025

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