On May 27th, the second day of mounting national outrage over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the president of America’s largest evangelical university decided it was the perfect time to blast out a tweet featuring the crudest of racial imagery. “I was adamantly opposed to the mandate […]
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CT fintech veteran Mitchell leads Liberty Bank counteroffensive against online-only challengers
Liberty Bank has built the third-largest market share among Connecticut-based banks, but the Middletown mutual lender doesn’t plan to rest on its laurels. Liberty is setting its sights on new potential revenue streams from well beyond its current geographic footprint, and the bank has hired David Mitchell, a longtime fintech […]
Liberty students, alumni split on Falwell’s scandalous exit
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some say he has sinned but should be forgiven. Others want an investigation. Jerry Falwell Jr.’s resignation as president of Liberty University following revelations of a sexual relationship between his wife and a business partner of the Falwell family has stirred conflicting emotions among those with […]
Falwell Jr resigns from Liberty after former pool attendant alleges love triangle with wife: reports
Jerry Falwell, Jr. President of Liberty University Jerry Falwell, Jr. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Jerry Falwell Jr. denied reports that he had resigned as the president of Liberty University on Monday after a business associate alleged a seven-year consensual sexual relationship involving the influential evangelical figure and his wife. Falwell Jr. had taken a […]
Jerry Falwell Jr. Agrees To Leave As Liberty University President
Jerry Falwell Jr. agreed to permanently leave his position as president of the evangelical Liberty University after reports about his sex life led him to take an indefinite leave of absence. The move on Monday, the first day of the new semester’s classes at Liberty, comes as the evangelical leader claims […]