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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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Friday morning news: December 23, 2022

Some forecasters are calling a storm hitting most of the country a once-in-a-generation winter front, Ukrainians continued Christmas preparations, Arizona will take down a makeshift wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, slightly more Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has successfully assembled all of the pieces of a ruling government

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a joint meeting of Congress hours after meeting with President Biden at the White House, Vladimir Putin sought to justify the invasion of Ukraine, the Taliban banned female students from attending universities, severe winter weather is greeting holiday travelers this week, the housing market slump deepened in November

The Biden administration says it still wants to pull the plug on Title 42, lawmakers in the Senate unveiled a $1.7 trillion spending bill, Former president Donald Trump says the House select Jan. 6th committee gave his campaign a boost, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is reportedly set to visit Washington D.C., American forces conducted three raids in eastern Syria and arrested six ISIS militants, authorities in Colorado have ordered thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the foothills west of Boulder


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The House panel on January 6th urged the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against former President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters after meeting with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, Russian warships are taking part in joint naval drills with China this week, nearly a dozen airline passengers are recovering in a hospital after a turbulent flight, a faulty Takata airbag inflator has killed another driver

Forecasters are warning of treacherous holiday travel, El Paso has declared a state of emergency with the border crisis expected to multiply, crews in Ukraine have been able to restore electricity to nearly 6 million people, North Korea test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, Argentina won its third ever World Cup final

Russia launched another air attack on Kyiv, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced another interest rate hike, President Biden welcomed dozens of African leaders in Washington, lawmakers announced they’ve avoided a government shutdown, the new government in Peru has declared a police state in response to violent protests, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency

President Biden signed a bill that changes the definition of marriage in federal law, Vladimir Putin will not address the Russian people in his traditional annual news conference, the Pentagon is reportedly planning to ship the Patriot missile defense system to Ukraine, the U.S. government has officially charged former billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried with a host of financial crimes, inflation appears to be slowing in the United States, Texas is suing the Biden administration to shield faith-based adop­tion groups from an LGBT rule, researchers in California say we’re one step closer to harnessing the process that powers the sun

Lawmakers in the House have voted to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military before passing a much more controversial bill that redefines marriage, the alleged gunman in a mass shooting at a Colorado nightclub was arrested in June of last year, Iran executed a person arrested during nationwide protests, WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner will be home for Christmas while former Marine Paul Whelan sits behind bars, Incoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is asking for more time to form a new ruling government