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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Canadian police arrested the second suspect in the stabbing deaths of 10 people, shelling resumed near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Former Attorney General Bill Barr is criticizing a federal judge’s decision to grant Donald Trump’s request for a special master, new COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to fall worldwide, a Michigan judge struck down 1931 pro-life law, survivors of the Sandy Hook Elementary mass shooting are sharing messages of hope
The new British Prime minister took office, Typhoon Hinnamnor made landfall in South Korea, the U.N. atomic watchdog agency is calling for demilitarized safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Russian troops carried out joint military drills with Chinese forces, Russia is in the process of purchasing millions of rockets and artillery shells from North Korea, students in Uvalde walked into their first day of school
A federal judge granted Trump’s request for a special master, another incident at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant knocked the facility off of the country’s power grid, families in Saskatchewan are grieving today, Queen Elizabeth II is formally appointing a new prime minister, major oil producing countries are cutting their oil supplies to the global economy, the Mississippi governor says he’s hopeful that Jackson residents will have clean drinking water very soon
At least 10 people are dead after a series of stabbings in Canada, heavy fighting around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant partially knocked the facility offline, water is flowing once again in Mississippi, border officials in Texas searched for more drowning victims, firefighters in California are laboring to contain a blaze that sparked out of control, NASA’s new moon rocket remains on the launching pad
President Biden delivered an address to the nation, a federal judge heard arguments on whether to grant Trump’s desire for an independent legal expert, the UN’s nuclear chief sounded alarms about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, human rights groups are applauding a new United Nations report, buses arrived in Chicago carrying up to 100 migrants from the Texas border, Democrat Mary Peltola won the a special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat, the Dept. of Transportation has launched a new online tool for air travelers
A convoy of United Nations-marked SUVs arrived in Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday, a new UN report says China may be guilty of crimes against humanity, a DOJ filing says classified documents were “likely concealed and removed” from former President Trump’s Florida estate, people in Mississippi waited in lines at distribution sites for water, the FDA has approved the first update to COVID-19 vaccines, Taiwanese forces fired warning shots at Chinese drones this week
A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to release a redacted version of the FBI’s affidavit, the Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo, the death toll from a Russian missile strike on a train station rose to 25, the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant was cut off from the power grid, several states have enacted pro-life trigger laws, teachers in Ohio’s largest school district will likely return to their classrooms on Monday
Today marks six months since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UN Security Council met about the safety crisis at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, former President Trump officially filed a motion for an independent review of the records that the FBI seized, a federal jury convicted two men in the plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, floodwaters continue to wash over the streets in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, flooding in Sudan has claimed 89 lives, a whistleblower is accusing Twitter of taking shortcuts with its cybersecurity
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has already killed some 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers, the Kremlin is blaming Ukraine for a car bomb, U.S. and South Korean warships, tanks, jets and thousands of troops are training side by side this week, another American official visited Taiwan, demonstrators gathered outside the home of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister to shield him from police, President Biden’s chief medical advisor is stepping down later this year
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he has serious questions about the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago, Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney is speaking out after losing her GOP primary, more buses arrived in New York City carrying dozens of migrants from the Texas border, Republicans are taking issue with President Biden’s energy policies
