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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everything from coliform bacteria to Cryptosporidium in locally-bottled St. Croix drinking water, according to a then-unpublished University of the Virgin Islands sampling.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.
Andrea Hull-King faces fraud charge after elderly victim brings complaint
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Andrea Hull-King faces fraud charge after elderly victim brings complaint

FREDERIKSTED – On May 27, 2022, the Economic Crimes Unit initiated an investigation into an Obtaining Money by False Pretenses complaint filed by an elderly victim. The investigation uncovered that…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Education News

Police investigating after body found near Grove Place elementary school

St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands – On Sunday, August 24, 2025at about 8:57 a.m., the 911Emergency Call Center received a report from a concerned citizen who discovered adecomposed body behind…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

What to know about screwworm amid US human case of flesh-eating parasite

BA;TIMORE — A person in Maryland was recently infected by the flesh-eating New World screwworm after traveling to El Salvador, US health officials confirmed this week. The blowflies primarily affect livestock — human…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Man accused of going to hospital to shoot and kill His ex-wife, 1 month after she asked for protective order
Posted inBreaking News Crime News National News

Man accused of going to hospital to shoot and kill His ex-wife, 1 month after she asked for protective order

DETROIT — A Michigan man is accused of fatally shooting his ex-wife in the hospital where she worked, just one month after she asked for a protective order against him.…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Pastor: Donald Trump is worried about getting into heaven. He shouldn’t be.
Posted inBreaking News National News Territorial Affairs

Pastor: Donald Trump is worried about getting into heaven. He shouldn’t be.

It’s been a long time since I was shocked by anything Donald Trump said. But when the president called in to Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” this week to discuss…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 
Posted inBreaking News Health News National News

U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite,…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
Windy, variable cloudiness with a morning shower in spots, high 91
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Puerto Rico News

Windy, variable cloudiness with a morning shower in spots, high 91

[August 25, 2025] U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, Today’s Weather is Not Playing! Primary Hazards: Heat Advisory: Limit time outdoors, hydrate, and chill in the shade. High Rip Currents…
Posted by John McCarthy August 25, 2025
4 surfers survive, 3 swimmers drown in high surf off Puerto Rico today
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Military News

4 surfers survive, 3 swimmers drown in high surf off Puerto Rico today

SAN JUAN — Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector San Juan and Coast Guard rescue crews so far have responded to four separate search and rescue cases throughout the northern coast…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Police shoot Seattle suspect dead in response to burglary at Frenchman’s Bay
Posted inBreaking News Crime News Police News

Police shoot Seattle suspect dead in response to burglary at Frenchman’s Bay

CHARLOTTE AMALIE – At approximately 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2025, the Virgin Islands Police Department’s (VIPD) Central Dispatch received a call from a female resident reporting a burglary…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025
Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the open Atlantic. No threat to USVI
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Environmental News

Tropical Storm Fernand forms in the open Atlantic. No threat to USVI

Tropical Storm Fernand formed in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from any land Saturday afternoon, hurricane forecasters say. Another system is also being tracked that has low chances of…
Posted by John McCarthy August 24, 2025

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