Joe Barrett
National Affairs Correspondent at The Wall Street Journal
I'm a National Affairs Reporter with @WSJ. I cover a range of topics around the country, including pickleball scams and tree murders. I've got a band too.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Brenna Smith |John McCormick |John Mccormick |Joe Barrett
GREEN ISLE, Minn.—The suspect in the shooting of Minnesota lawmakers on Saturday built a scattered career ranging from food to retailing to private security to pastoring, public records and his online posts show. Police identified the man, who remained at large Saturday, as 57-year-old Vance Luther Boelter. Authorities said he impersonated a police officer to gain access to the home of state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a 55-year-old well-known Democratic leader. She and her husband were fatally shot.
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4 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Joe Barrett
After U.S. says Canadians need a passport to go to the cross-border Haskell, the library opens a new door and author Louise Penny pitches inDERBY LINE, Vt.—The stately, stone-and-stained-glass library in this tiny border town in the rolling hills of Vermont plays a pivotal role in Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny’s forthcoming novel. In the book, a shadowy cabal has hatched a plot to tap Canada’s vast resources by making it the 51st state.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | John McCormick |John Mccormick |Jack Gillum |Joe Barrett
The Chicago man has been a vocal advocate for Palestinian issues and a staunch critic of corporationsCHICAGO—The 31-year-old Chicago man who allegedly shot and killed two young Israeli Embassy staffers Wednesday night is an activist who has vocally protested on behalf of pro-Palestinian issues and a range of progressive and anticorporate causes.
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1 month ago |
tovima.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
The rising cost of ice cream means that a simple indulgence for a couple—whether in the city or on an island—could now cost up to 12 euros. The wave of price hikes has not spared Greece’s favorite summer delight, as the cost of a single scoop of ice cream edges closer to 3 euros with the arrival of the warmer months. Confectioners report that the surge in raw material costs has been especially harsh on chocolate, which has seen its price skyrocket by 80%.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Joshua Chaffin |Jeanne Whalen |Joe Barrett |John McCormick |John Mccormick
In selecting Prevost, the Conclave appears to be betting that his mixed identity—a Pope both of America and the world—will serve him well as leader of a global church trying to navigate a time of turmoil and transition. Its center of gravity is increasingly spread across a distant periphery, including Latin America, where Prevost enjoys popularity and strong relationships.
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I visited some newly holy sites in Chicagoland for this story. The new pope’s boyhood home in Dolton, Ill., and the family’s parish on the far south side: https://t.co/lfAB480cLZ
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