Robert Barba

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Robert Barba |Alison Sider

United Airlines Chief Executive Scott Kirby told customers in an email Monday that it is “absolutely safe” to fly in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport following two weeks of technology and air-traffic control staffing issues that have plagued the New Jersey transit hub. The Federal Aviation Administration is working to address the issues, but Kirby said in the email there are procedures in place to make sure flying is safe in the meantime. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Robert Barba

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, but his family’s New Orleans lineage can be traced back to the 1800sThere’s a long-running joke within the Creole community in New Orleans that everyone is related. The election of an American pope is giving the joke a fresh spin, says Father Ajani Gibson of St. Peter Claver Church. “Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Robert Barba

The Port of Los Angeles earlier this week. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)The Port of Long Beach could face a situation similar to one it encountered during the pandemic if trade deals don't happen, its leader says. “It’s a Covid-19 moment in regards to cargo movement," said Mario Cordero, CEO of the California port, in an interview on CNBC. Cordero was responding to a question about the worst case scenario in the coming months.

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Robert Barba

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said other countries should view the U.K. deal as a framework for their negotiations with the U.S.It is “exactly the type of deal we should be making,” Greer said in an interview on CNBC. He added, other countries “should look to this for a model.”Greer is traveling to Switzerland on Thursday with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to meet with Beijing’s lead economic representative later this week.

1 month ago | wsj.com | Robert Barba |Natalie Andrews

The storied penitentiary closed in the 1960s and has become one of San Francisco’s top tourist destinationsPresident Trump is calling for Alcatraz, one of the most storied prisons in American history and a top tourist attraction in San Francisco, to start a new chapter of detention.