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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More than 150 people were killed in a crowd crush at a Halloween party in South Korea, 60 people died after a century-old cable suspension bridge collapsed in India, Election Day is one week away, lawmakers say Congress must weigh new protections for members and their families, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today about whether race should be considered in college admissions, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has ousted incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil
President Biden is defending his handling of the economy, a new poll reveals that inflation is the top worry on the minds of voters, the cost to take out a mortgage has more than doubled over the past year, the White House responded to threats by Russia to target U.S. satellites in retaliation for arming Ukraine, parents of children killed in the Uvalde school shooting were allowed to attend a meeting of the Law Enforcement Commission, Republican lawmakers are demanding answers about the Biden administration using taxpayer dollars to fund LGBT drag performances in Ecuador
Russian missiles and Iranian-made drones continue to target civilian populations in Ukraine, the White House and Asian U.S. allies are warning North Korea against carrying out another nuclear test, a jury found Darrell Brooks guilty of all 76 charges, a jury in Michigan found three men guilty of supporting terrorism with a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a judge in New York says city sanitation workers should not have been fired for failing to comply with a COVID vaccine mandate, gunmen in Iran attacked a major Shiite holy site, Rishi Sunak made his first appearance in Parliament
Rishi Sunak is vowing to bring stability to the office of prime minister, Vladimir Putin is scrambling to get his hands on more weapons for the war in Ukraine, WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner remains behind bars in Russia, consumer confidence slipping in the United States, Wisconsin is facing ongoing election lawsuits as the midterms get closer while early voters are going gangbusters at polls in Georgia, the trial continues in Wisconsin for Darrel Brooks
The Conservative party named Rishi Sunak as the successor to outgoing Prime Minister Liz Truss, the Kremlin claimed that Ukraine is preparing to detonate a dirty bomb, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against two suspected Chinese spies, a gunman broke into a St. Louis high school and shot eight people, Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to terrorism and the first-degree murder of four students, one of the former police officers involved in the death of George Floyd pleaded guilty, math and reading scores dropped in every state over the past year
Migrant encounters at the U.S. southern border have soared to a new record high, a California judge has ruled in favor of a bakery owner who declined to make wedding cakes for a same-sex ceremony, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking the Ukrainian people to conserve electricity, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has become the country’s most powerful dictator, former President Trump has reportedly told associates that he’ll consider complying with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee
Tory party leaders in London are looking for a new prime minister, Iranian troops have been on the ground in Crimea supporting Russia’s drone attacks in Ukraine, the Biden administration announced that the Pentagon will pay the travel costs of service members and their dependents who seek an abortion in another state, Biden touted bipartisan infrastructure spending on a campaign stop, a record number of migrants have died at the U.S. southern border, the CDC will likely add COVID-19 vaccines to its child immunization schedule
British Prime Minister Liz Truss will keep pressing forward amid calls for her resignation, President Biden says he will release another 15 million barrels of oil from the nation’s strategic reserve, Israel says it stands with Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, Vladimir Putin declared martial law in the four regions of Ukraine that Moscow has attempted to illegally annex, New York City set up a complex of giant tents to shelter migrants arriving in the city from the southern border, polls show that voters are more concerned about inflation than about access to abortions
President Biden is banking on abortion to help his party keep control of Congress, Germany’s foreign minister is warning that her country cannot make the same mistakes with China that it made with Russia, Russian airstrikes have taken out at least 30 percent of Ukraine’s power stations, Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critic in Russia will remain behind bars, British Prime Minister Liz Truss is scrambling to recover her grasp on power, a French cement company has pleaded guilty to charges that it paid millions of dollars to ISIS
Russia sent drones packed with explosives that struck Ukraine’s capital, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says it’s time to hit Iran with more sanctions, members of the House Armed Services Committee are warning that the United States needs to step up preparations for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to continue flights sending migrants to Democrat-led cities, many students in southwestern Florida are back in class, the Justice Department is pushing for a harsh sentence for former Trump adviser Steve Bannon
