Jared Mitovich
@jaredmitovich.bsky.social
Reporter at The Wall Street Journal. jared.mitovich@wsj.com. 201-250-3524. Reach me on Signal at jaredmitovich.02.
NEW in @wsj.com: a trail of missteps in the search for Nancy Guthrie - The homicide lead was reprimanded for 'poor judgment' 2 months prior - Deputies minimized the importance of blood found on the porch - The FBI says asks for federal assistance came late Read more: www.wsj.com/us-news/how-...
‘How Can Someone Vanish Without a Trace?’
Six months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond a trail of tragic missteps.
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When Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from the Tucson, Ariz., adobe-brick ranch house where she had lived for a half-century, she instantly became as famous as her daughter Savannah Guthrie, the co-host of America’s longest-running TV morning show.
Six months after Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond bad luck, bad blood and a trail of tragic missteps. on.wsj.com/4yLrE8u
‘How Can Someone Vanish Without a Trace?’
Six months after Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her bed, investigators have little to show beyond a trail of tragic missteps.
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More states are wanting to buy precious metals as a hedge against economic turmoil.
Inside an Old Newspaper Building, Wyoming Is Stashing 2,312 Ounces of Gold
More states are looking to precious metals to guard against economic calamity.
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NEW: Inside the vault where Wyoming has begun to prep for economic doomsday. Within a low-slung building on the outskirts of Casper, Wyo. lies treasure—roughly $11.6 million in gold bars—purchased by the state in December as required by a new state law. www.wsj.com/finance/comm...
Inside an Old Newspaper Building, Wyoming Is Stashing 2,312 Ounces of Gold
More states are looking to precious metals to guard against economic calamity.
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The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts. on.wsj.com/4rVqsf2
RFK Jr. Just Found Out How to Start a Revolt in Boston: Diss Dunkin’
The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts.
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NEW: RFK Jr. just questioned the healthiness of an iced coffee from Dunkin.’ The people of Boston didn’t take it well. My latest for @wsj.com from the place where there's no weather cold enough to keep people from buying iced coffees (myself included): www.wsj.com/lifestyle/rf...
RFK Jr. Just Found Out How to Start a Revolt in Boston: Diss Dunkin’
The health secretary questioned the healthiness of the chain’s iced coffee. It didn’t go over well in Massachusetts.
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NEW: A fight over civil liberties is growing after Alex Pretti's death. ICE observers in Minneapolis say they're exercising their rights. Trump officials say their actions constitute obstruction, rioting and, at times, domestic terrorism. www.wsj.com/us-news/fall...
Fallout From Minnesota: Citizen-Watchdog Claims of ICE Retaliation
Observers say they are exercising their rights. Trump administration officials say their actions at times constitute domestic terrorism.
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Alex Pretti was recording the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis when he was fatally shot by a Border Patrol officer. The 37-year-old ICU nurse was described by the Trump administration as a “domestic terrorist.” Friends and family rejected that label. 🔗: on.wsj.com/45tT2uT
The man fatally shot by a federal Border Patrol officer Saturday morning on a Minneapolis street was described by the Trump administration as a “domestic terrorist." Friends and family of Alex Pretti rejected that label. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/what...
What We Know So Far About Alex Pretti
The 37-year-old ICU nurse fatally shot by a border patrol officer was recording the actions of federal agents in Minneapolis.
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The government has an inflation-busting meal idea: “It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla and one other thing,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Wednesday. @wsj.com went out to buy that meal: www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinner—and Actually Found It
Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.
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WSJ reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested $3 meal.
We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinner—and Actually Found It
Reporters in Boston and New Orleans bought the agriculture secretary’s suggested meal.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Boston’s biotech sector, long a vital economic engine for one of America’s wealthiest metro areas, is sputtering. A double whammy of cutbacks in venture capital and government funding have taken a toll, leading to layoffs and struggles for job seekers. www.wsj.com/tech/biotech...
Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters
A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
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A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters
A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of U.S. workers take on seasonal jobs during the holidays. This year those jobs look harder to come by—even as more people, especially low-income earners, look for work to tide them over in a slow job market. wsj.com/economy/jobs... via @wsj.com
Job Seekers Stare Down a Gloomy Holiday Hiring Season
Large companies say they are likely to add far fewer seasonal workers than in other recent years.
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The anger is real. Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers, by @jaredmitovich.bsky.social
Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
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Your summer getaway in Nantucket is on the ballot this year, as island residents vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals.
Your Summer Weekend in Nantucket Is on This Year’s Ballot
Residents of the island enclave vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals, with potential consequences for tourism and the local economy.
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New Jersey this, Virginia that. The real nail-biter vote on Tuesday is on Nantucket. My report from the island on why an issue core to its DNA—short-term renters—has pitted billionaires vs. millionaires in a fight akin to national politics: wsj.com/lifestyle/tr... via @wsj.com
Your Summer Weekend in Nantucket Is on This Year’s Ballot
Residents of the island enclave vote on dueling measures that seek to define limits on short-term home rentals, with potential consequences for tourism and the local economy.
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Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, frustrating many Americans.
Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
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Big power bills are overlapping with rising food prices and inflation, squeezing residents and small businesses and electrifying state politics. 🎁🔗 www.wsj.com/economy/cons... via @wsj.com
Surging Power Costs Are Putting the Squeeze on Customers
Data centers are contributing to higher prices as fat energy bills electrify local politics.
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Vermonters are taking aim at an annual scourge: leaf-peepers who clutter their landscapes for the perfect shot. In my first a-hed @wsj.com, read about the towns where TikTokers trespass onto farms and fights break out over parking during fall: 🎁🔗 wsj.com/lifestyle/ne...
New Englanders Are Fed Up With Leaf-Peeping Tourists Ruining Their Fall
Locals are pushing for road closures and parking restrictions, while general stores peddle figurines that make fun of leaf-peeping tourists.
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Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks: Government shutdowns can squeeze the economy in different ways. But duration matters: The longer the closure lasts, the greater the hit to economic growth. 🎁🔗 @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How Government Shutdowns Affect the Economy
Furloughs, delayed economic reports and closed national parks loom.
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Yesterday was my first day at @wsj.com as a news associate! I'll be in Boston for the next six months reporting on the economy before returning to New York. Get alerts when I publish: jaredmitovich.beehiiv.com and send me tips, pitches or Boston recs: jared.mitovich@wsj.com
SCOOP: After his election, Trump blamed China for high transit tolls for U.S. ships crossing the Panama Canal. Since then, a top business ally of China's Xi Jinping has left the advisory board that reviews toll increases. And Panama hasn't addressed the unusual absence. politi.co/4n9WnWr
‘I Don’t Think There’s a Government in Latin America That Has Given In More’
Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
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Trump is demanding a Panama-China break-up and triggering political backlash in Panama.
Trump Is Demanding a Panama-China Breakup — and Making Life Harder for Panama’s Leaders
In Panama City, politicians navigate tricky terrain: balancing Trump’s demand for a breakup with China along with an increasingly restive public.
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🇵🇦 NEW: In Panama, Trump's fight with China is expanding beyond the canal. Can its shaken leaders hang on? I traced Panama's quieter moves away from China — as leaders try to please Trump without provoking a restive public. My dispatch for @politico.com Magazine👇🏻 www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump Is Demanding a Panama-China Breakup — and Making Life Harder for Panama’s Leaders
In Panama City, politicians navigate tricky terrain: balancing Trump’s demand for a breakup with China along with an increasingly restive public.
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Spoke with @politico.com about what I saw reporting on Liz Magill from the honeymoon start to tumultuous end of her presidency at @upenn.edu — including from the U.S. House chamber where she testified & became the first casualty of the war in higher ed. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The First Casualty in the War Against Elite Universities
Liz Magill goes deep, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation from the University of Pennsylvania — and launched a broader war on higher ed.
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Former University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill opens up, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation — and marked a turning point in the politics of higher ed.
The First Casualty in the War Against Elite Universities
Liz Magill goes deep, for the first time, on how a congressional hearing on antisemitism fueled her resignation from the University of Pennsylvania — and launched a broader war on higher ed.
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Even reporting on historic news for the campus paper wasn’t enough to make me see all there is to see @upenn.edu. In my final byline for @dailypenn.bsky.social I reflected on what truly fueled my DP experience—123K Slack messages, coverage of 4 Penn presidents, & all: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Jared Mitovich | Keep your palace gates open
Former DP Editor-in-Chief Jared Mitovich recounts his experiences at Penn and in the DP.
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NEW: "The community is left blighted — empty lots... empty buildings." The slowdown in life sciences investment isn't just affecting developers. It’s leaving some Philly residents uncertain about the future (and grocery store) they envisioned for their neighborhood. @whyy.org
Philly life sciences slowdown leaves a proposed grocery store in flux
Economic challenges are leaving projects on hold as developers struggle to secure tenants and financing.
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