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Kent Covington

Kent Covington

Kent is a reporter and news anchor for WORLD Radio. He spent nearly two decades in Christian and news/talk radio before joining WORLD in 2012. He resides in Atlanta, Ga.

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Articles by Kent Covington

Thursday morning news: February 23, 2023

Russia and China are hardening their military and strategic alliance, President Biden wrapped up a two-day stay in Poland, the Supreme Court has now heard two cases over whether social media companies can be held liable for aiding and abetting a terrorist attack, the U.S. is urging calm in the West Bank, a British woman who lost her citizenship after joining ISIS as a teenager says she will appeal a court’s decision, thousands of people in the western United States are without power

President Biden took aim at Vladimir Putin in remarks from Poland, Vladimir Putin announced he is suspending the New START treaty, U.S. sanctions against Russia are reportedly contributing to losses on the battlefield, the EPA says railroad giant Norfolk Southern will have to foot the bill for the recovery efforts in eastern Ohio, the Supreme Court is weighing a case that could turn the social media industry upside down, a winter storm is moving across the northern U.S., the Southern Baptist Convention is separating itself from a well-known Southern California megachurch

President Biden is in Warsaw, another earthquake struck near the Syrian border, heavy rain triggered landslides and flooding in Brazil, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is kicking off a pro-police tour of major cities in blue states, the Israeli parliament is one step closer to overhauling the country’s legal system, a woman paralyzed for roughly a decade can now move her limbs due to a medical breakthrough

President Biden is flying to Poland this week, rescue teams in Syria and Turkey are still finding earthquake survivors, Secretary of State Tony Blinken spoke about his weekend meeting with China’s foreign minister, former President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care over the weekend, lawmakers from Texas are renewing calls for the White House and Congress to tackle the border crisis, a 12-day long chapel service at Asbury University in Kentucky is winding down, Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania conquered the weekend box office


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President Biden says that three aerial objects over the U.S. and Canada were likely harmless, A special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump say “one or more witnesses” lied under oath, hope is fading for finding any more survivors in the rubble in Turkey, a pro-life Kentucky law will remain in place for now after a court ruling, wholesale inflation in the United States sped up from December to January, answers from ChatGPT may reveal the political biases of its programmers

Some lawmakers are suggesting the U.S. gets tough on China, the European Union is pushing for a new round of sanctions against Russia, the 19-year-old who shot and killed 10 people in a Buffalo grocery store will spend the rest of his life in prison, Mitch McConnell told colleagues that identity politics should play no role when it comes to picking judges, international aid continues to pour into Turkey and Syria, Scotland will soon have a new leader

Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has announced she’s running for president

Congress is demanding answers from President Biden about what is happening in the skies over North America, at least five civilians were killed as fighting rages in and around the eastern city of Bakhmut in Ukraine, leaders in Moldova fear Russia is plotting to overthrow their government, rescuers are still pulling survivors from the rubble in Syria and Turkey, a judge will unseal some of the findings of a grand jury investigation into former President Donald Trump, eight people were injured in New York when a man driving a U-Haul truck veered onto sidewalks

Turkey is cracking down on contractors it says cut corners, members of Congress are questioning U.S. air defenses, another U.S. airstrike over the weekend killed 12 al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia, the U.S. Army is missing its recruiting goals, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions, two Super Bowl commercials advertised Jesus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyycriticized the International Olympic Committee’s decision to let athletes from Russia and Belarus compete in the 2024 Olympics, Microsoft has suspended its relationship with a group accused of blacklisting conservatives