Kelsey Baker

Washington, D.C.

Kelsey Baker is a summer Military Veterans in Journalism Fellow on The Washington Post's General Assignment desk. She is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
Latest from Kelsey Baker

Israel strikes Gaza’s al-Aqsa Hospital grounds, 200 targets in southern Lebanon

Israel’s military struck what it said was a Hamas command center embedded inside a hospital compound in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza early on Monday.

October 14, 2024

Four Israeli soldiers killed in Hezbollah strike; U.S. to send antimissile system to Israel

Four IDF soldiers were killed and dozens were injured Sunday after a Hezbollah drone struck an IDF base in northern Israel, Israeli authorities said.

October 13, 2024

Deadly strikes in northern Gaza; Biden concerned after Israeli forces hit peacekeepers

At least 19 people have been killed in Jabalya amid Israel’s siege in northern Gaza. President Biden said he was asking Israel to stop firing at U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon.

October 12, 2024

New Zealand navy ship sinks, prompting environmental concerns

An oil spill is highly likely, said local authorities, after the New Zealand Navy ship HMNZS Manawanui sank near Samoa.

October 7, 2024
The HMNZS Manawanui in a bay in New Zealand on Dec. 1.

IDF and Hezbollah clash in Lebanon; Israel, U.S. vow consequences for Iran attack

The barrage of missiles from Iran followed “localized” ground raids by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon to root out Hezbollah fighters.

October 2, 2024

Italy and Switzerland to redraw Alpine border due to melting glaciers

Melting glaciers changed the topography of a roughly 330-foot-long segment of the border between Italy and Switzerland.

September 30, 2024
The mountain peak Matterhorn above Zermatt in Switzerland, in winter.

Hezbollah enters ‘new phase’ against Israel; Netanyahu vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ in fight

Hezbollah says it will fight until there is a cease-fire in Gaza. Israel struck Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after Hezbollah launched missiles at the Ramat David air base.

September 22, 2024

They met at the Capitol in the aftermath of Jan. 6. Now they’re married.

He was a Guard member on duty. She was a Capitol press secretary in need of directions. Days later, they matched on Tinder.

September 12, 2024
Emily Carlin and Matthew Ellis on their recent honeymoon in Greece.

American dies in ice cave collapse during Iceland glacier tour

One American died and a second was injured after an ice cave popular with tourist groups collapsed Sunday afternoon.

August 26, 2024
Rescue teams at the Breidamerkurjokull glacier on Monday after an ice cave partially collapsed.

Divers search sunken yacht as entrepreneur, five others, remain missing

Tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and at least two Americans are among the missing after the British-flagged yacht Bayesian sank off the northern coast of Sicily.

August 20, 2024
Crews work Tuesday off the northern coast of Sicily in Italy, where the yacht Bayesian sank in a storm Monday.