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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The storm that was Hurricane Nicole pushes into Georgia, the U.S. is sending another $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, election ballot counting continues in Nevada and Arizona, new inflation numbers have some economists cautiously optimistic, Sotomayor rejects bid to prevent NYC enforcement of vax mandate, UN agency says Iran increases highly enriched uranium stockpile, President Biden to meet Monday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, a report from Brazilian military did not substantiate reports of election fraud
Besides Georgia, there are two Senate races not yet decided, Republicans appear to be closing in on a majority in the House, Hurricane Nicole lashes the east coast of Florida, American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a Russian penal colony, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk gets pushback for changes, Facebook parent company Meta is laying off 11,000 people
Election day doesn’t bring a large red wave, it’s still unclear which party controls the Senate after some Democrats hold off GOP challengers, Florida GOP Senator Marco Rubio and GOP Governor Ron DeSantis both win big, Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency in Florida as the state braces for possible Hurricane Nicole, the United States and Russia will soon hold talks on resuming suspended nuclear arms control inspections, guitarist Jeff Cook, who co-founded the iconic country group Alabama has died.
Voters head to the polls across the country today, key Senate battles to keep an eye on, Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz appears to hold a 1-to-2 point edge over Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of more blackouts, Putin ally admits interference in U.S. elections, North Korea says recent missile tests were practice for possible future attacks against South Korea or the United States, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took aim at the United States and China over climate change
Republicans look for a red wave in Tuesday’s elections, Control of the U.S. Senate balances on a knife’s edge heading into election day, Governors races in New York and other states tighten, Biden lashes out at oil companies as gas prices rise, two South Korean men recover from being trapped in a collapsed zinc mine for nine days, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted a new class of artists over the weekend, and a total lunar eclipse will be visible tomorrow morning.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a message to North Korea, Democrats are pulling out all the stops as Election Day approaches, a man attacked Republican Senate candidate Don Bolduc just before his debate with Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan, immigration officials say the man who allegedly violently attacked Paul Pelosi was in the country illegally, Israeli Acting Prime Minister Yair Lapid conceded defeat, inspectors have found nothing to support Russia’s claims that Ukrainian forces were planning to set off so-called “dirty bombs”
America’s newest military branch welcomed a new commander, Moscow says it’s not pulling out of a wartime grain shipping deal after all, the White House says North Korea is secretly shipping artillery shells to Russia to use against Ukraine, North Korea fired missiles in the direction of a South Korean island, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says interest rates are going up once again, election officials in Israel are expected to finish counting ballots today, CVS and Walgreens have agreed in principle to settle lawsuits over the nationwide opioid epidemic
A San Francisco judge on Tuesday ordered David DePape to be held without bail, President Biden stumped for Democrats in Florida on Tuesday, Chief Justice John Roberts has temporarily blocked the handover of Donald Trump’s tax returns to House Democrats, North Korea made a thinly veiled nuclear threat against the United States and South Korea, former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may soon be prime minister once again, SpaceX launched its mega Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years
Russian missiles and drones rained down on Kyiv and other cities, the United States is calling on Russia to end its renewed Black Sea blockade of grain exports from Ukraine, analysts predict Republicans will take control of the House while the Senate appears to be a dead heat, Former President Donald Trump filed an emergency appeal with the Supreme Court, college admissions in America may soon be colorblind, police in western India made arrests in the deadly collapse of a Colonial-era bridge
