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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
After diplomatic blitz on Ukraine and Gaza, Trump moves to passenger seat
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

After diplomatic blitz on Ukraine and Gaza, Trump moves to passenger seat

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon officials sat down with a group of European diplomats in late August and delivered a stern message: The U.S. planned to cut off some security assistance to Latvia,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2025
Trump says US struck alleged drug vessel in latest operation
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

Trump says US struck alleged drug vessel in latest operation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States had attacked a vessel he said was carrying drugs in the U.S. Southern Command's area of responsibility, the latest…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2025
A blend of sun and clouds, high 90, low 63
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

A blend of sun and clouds, high 90, low 63

[September 20th] 8 AM AST Tropical Weather Outlook Active system The National Hurricane Center is issuing advisories on Tropical Storm Gabrielle, located over the central subtropical Atlantic. Eastern Tropical Atlantic…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2025
In anti-ICE protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents
Posted inBreaking News Military News National News

In anti-ICE protest, Illinois Democrats tear-gassed, pepper-sprayed by federal agents

CHICAGO (Reuters) — In a chaotic scene at an immigration detention facility in the Chicago suburbs, Illinois Democratic candidates running for Congress said they were tear-gassed, shot with pepper balls…
Posted by John McCarthy September 20, 2025
US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities

GÜIRIA, Venezuela (AP) — On Venezuela’s Paria Peninsula, an idyllic stretch of Caribbean coast, it is an open secret that boats departing from its ports transport both drugs and fish. Residents…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025
Wanted man who hit sleeping victim with steel pipe, stabbed him, is arrested
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Wanted man who hit sleeping victim with steel pipe, stabbed him, is arrested

FREDERIKSTED — A man accused of stabbing a victim in his sleep and hitting him with a steel pipe was jailed. Alexander "Alex" Mateo, 47, of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025
A mysterious envelope from Czechoslovakia’s founding father has been found
Posted inBreaking News International News Military News

A mysterious envelope from Czechoslovakia’s founding father has been found

PRAGUE (AP) — Unknown musings of the founding father of an independent Czechoslovakia, its first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, are believed to have been unearthed. An envelope, whose existence was…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025
Late-night shows address Jimmy Kimmel suspension with humor and solidarity
Posted inBreaking News Entertainment News National News

Late-night shows address Jimmy Kimmel suspension with humor and solidarity

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows Thursday using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. Stewart opted for satire to critique…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025
3 members of federal control board in Puerto Rico sue Trump and others for illegal firings
Posted inBreaking News Business News Caribbean News

3 members of federal control board in Puerto Rico sue Trump and others for illegal firings

SAN JUAN (AP) — Three members of a federal control board overseeing Puerto Rico’s finances, who were recently fired by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit in federal…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025
Times of sun and clouds with a thunderstorm, high 90
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Times of sun and clouds with a thunderstorm, high 90

There is an elevated Heat Risk today which will trigger afternoon thunderstorms, the National Weather Service said. The heat will affect people who are heat-sensitive and without cooling or hydration, according…
Posted by John McCarthy September 19, 2025

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