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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Hurricane Fiona is taking aim at Turks and Caicos, the Taliban freed a U.S. veteran in a prisoner swap with the United States, Beijing is voicing anger after President Biden indicated the U.S. would defend Taiwan, Ukraine is accusing Moscow of nuclear terrorism, the Pentagon’s intelligence chief says Russian forces are incapable of achieving Putin’s initial aims
World leaders have gathered to pay final respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, Ukrainian officials say they’ve found evidence of more potential war crimes, Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico, a powerful storm swept north through the Bering Strait, the mayor of New York City is calling on the federal government to help care for hundreds of migrants arriving in the city
Railroad companies and unions reached an agreement to avoid a strike, a federal judge has named the independent legal expert who will review the documents the FBI took during a raid of Mar-a-Lago, the United States is reportedly set to send another big military aid package to Ukraine, the head of the World Health Organization says the pandemic is not over but the end is in sight, the government of Hungary now requires abortion providers to show signs of life to mothers seeking an abortion
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the liberated city of Izium, the Justice Department has charged three Iranian citizens with ransomware attacks, the White House is pressing railroad companies and labor unions to strike a deal, Seattle Public Schools struck a deal with the union putting an end to a weeklong strike, the late Queen Elizabeth II lies in state this morning in London’s Westminster Hall, firefighters are working to douse the Mosquito Fire in Northern California
Many Russian troops are on the run as Ukrainian forces advance, lower gas costs slowed U.S. inflation for a second straight month in August, the Biden administration is pressuring freight railroads and their unions to settle a contract dispute, a hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin made its way through London, Twitter’s former head of security turned whistleblower testified on Capitol Hill
Biden renewed his calls for Americans to unite around a mission to end cancer, the Ukrainian military freed more than 20 settlements in 24 hours, the head of the WHO pointed to the unseen suffering in Ukraine amid the war, thousands in Scotland paid respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III addressed Parliament for the first time as king, a rocket owned by the Jeff Bezos-founded space company Blue Origin blasted off from West Texas on Monday
Americans commemorated the anniversary of 9/11, Ukrainian troops continue a major counteroffensive against Russian forces, workers at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant were able to reconnect it to the electricity grid, King Charles III formally became the sovereign of the UK, a hearse carrying the queen’s flag-draped casket drove slowly through the Scottish countryside, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. is not in a recession
