UMass to hold Pride Day when Liberty football visits
September 21, 2022 GMTAMHERST, Mass. (AP) — The University of Massachusetts is planning to hold a Pride Day on the same day that the Minutemen host evangelical Liberty in a football game.
The school made the “special announcement” Sunday on Twitter in a 37-second video featuring techno music and a uniformed player standing in a room lit by rainbow colors associated with the LGBTQ community.
Judge upholds Liberty University’s suit against Falwell
July 31, 2021 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A Lynchburg judge has upheld most of a lawsuit Liberty University filed against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., after an acrimonious parting last year. The lawsuit survived its first round of legal challenges Friday as Falwell's attorneys argued motions seeking its dismissal before Lynchburg Circuit Judge Fred Watson, The News & Advance reported.
Falwell: Liberty University lawsuit is excuse to shame him
June 4, 2021 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. is asking a court in Virginia to dismiss a lawsuit Liberty University filed over his headline-grabbing departure last year as leader of the evangelical school his father founded.
Liberty sues Jerry Falwell Jr., seeking millions in damages
April 16, 2021 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University has filed a civil lawsuit against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr...
100 years ago, live radio sermons began at Pittsburgh church
January 9, 2021 GMTPITTSBURGH (AP) — Before Jerry Falwell, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Joel Osteen, Archbishop Fulton Sheen and famous radio evangelists such as Father Charles Coughlin and Aimee Semple McPherson, there was Edwin Van Etten...
Liberty University sues governor over financial aid changes
January 8, 2021 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University sued Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Friday, accusing his administration of wrongfully denying financial aid to some of the evangelical school's online students...
Falwell drops defamation lawsuit against Liberty University
December 10, 2020 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has dropped a defamation lawsuit against his former employer, Liberty University...
Falwell sues Liberty, saying school damaged his reputation
October 29, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has sued Liberty University, alleging the evangelical school founded by his late pastor father damaged his reputation in a series of public statements that followed his RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University said it paid its recently resigned president, Jerry Falwell Jr...Liberty disputes reports about Falwell severance payment
September 29, 2020 GMT
Liberty tells staff to refrain from interacting with Falwell
September 5, 2020 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Staff members at Liberty University have been instructed to refrain from interacting with the school's ousted president, Jerry Falwell Jr...
Liberty announces investigation into Falwell’s tenure
August 31, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University is opening an independent investigation into Jerry Falwell Jr...
Liberty students, alumni split on Falwell’s scandalous exit
August 27, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Some say he has sinned but should be forgiven. Others want an investigation. ...
Jerry Falwell Jr. will leave behind a very different legacy from his influential father
August 26, 2020 GMT(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts...
Falwell says he’s resigned from Liberty University
August 26, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. announced his resignation Tuesday as the head of Liberty University after a provocative photo and revelations of his wife's extramarital affair roiled the evangelical school founded by his father...
A look at key moments in Falwell’s relationship with Liberty
August 25, 2020 GMTDuring 13 years under the stewardship of Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, has grown into a powerhouse with an endowment of over $1...
Liberty: Falwell agreed to resign, then reversed course
August 25, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr.’s future at evangelical Liberty University amid a sex scandal was uncertain Monday, after the school said he had offered his resignation but then reversed course...
Liberty University and Falwell: A bond that’s hard to break
August 14, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has been toppled, at least temporarily, from the presidency of evangelical Liberty University, but whether he will break permanently with the Christian institution that is synonymous with his family name is another matter...
Liberty University names acting leader with Falwell on leave
August 10, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University in Virginia announced Monday that its board had chosen an interim president to lead the school days after Jerry Falwell Jr...
Liberty U’s Falwell takes leave after social media uproar
August 8, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation's top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social media post that caused an uproar even among fellow conservatives...
Lynchburg alumni: rename part of building named for Falwell
August 2, 2020 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Former students of the University of Lynchburg in Virginia want to cut ties with Liberty University and rename part of a building dedicated to the late Rev...
Evangelical Liberty U rattled by its own racial reckoning
June 24, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — As the nation wrestles with how to do more for racial equality, Liberty University — a school whose leadership has said it doesn't have a problem — is facing its own tough questions...
Liberty player to transfer, cites ‘racial insensitivities’
June 12, 2020 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — A women's basketball player at Liberty University says she is transferring because of “racial insensitivities shown within the leadership and culture” of the school...
Falwell apologizes for tweet that included racist photo
June 9, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized Monday for a tweet that included a racist photo that appeared on Gov...
Black Liberty U. alums rebuke Falwell after blackface tweet
June 1, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three dozen black alumni of Liberty University denounced school President Jerry Falwell Jr...
Redskins draft pick from Liberty says he had coronavirus
May 20, 2020 GMTWashington Redskins rookie receiver Antonio Gandy-Golden said Wednesday he tested positive for the new coronavirus in March and has fully recovered...
Liberty University sued for not refunding student fees
April 14, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University has profited from the COVID-19 pandemic by refusing to refund thousands of dollars in room and board and other fees owed to students after the school moved classes online last month, a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges...
Liberty University: We’re complying with virus-related ban
March 30, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia's governor on Monday ordered all higher education institutions to halt any in-person instruction amid the RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In light of the coronavirus pandemic, Virginia's governor asked Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr...Governor urges Falwell to rethink welcoming students
March 25, 2020 GMT
Mayor: Liberty U. ‘reckless’ to let students back amid virus
March 24, 2020 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Officials in Lynchburg, Virginia, said Tuesday they were fielding complaints about the hundreds of students who have returned from spring break to Liberty University, where President Jerry Falwell Jr...
Falwell and W.Va. governor pitch Virginia secession plea
January 28, 2020 GMTCHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — In what they acknowledged is a long-shot bid, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr...
Secretary of State to address Liberty University graduates
January 27, 2020 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University in May, the school announced on Monday...
Falwell settles lawsuit over Florida real estate venture
October 8, 2019 GMTMIAMI (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. has settled a federal lawsuit involving a Florida real estate venture...
Correction: Liberty University-Falwell story
September 26, 2019 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a story Sept. 25 about Liberty University, The Associated Press, relying on information from the school's accreditor, reported erroneously that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges sent a letter asking for more information about recent news reports about Jerry Falwell Jr...
Liberty students protest in wake of reports about Falwell
September 13, 2019 GMTStudents at Liberty University in Virginia gathered Friday to protest in the wake of news reports containing allegations that school president Jerry Falwell Jr...
The Latest: Falwell praises Liberty students after protest
September 13, 2019 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the protests at Liberty University calling for an investigation into school president Jerry Falwell Jr...
Liberty’s Falwell says he’s target of ‘attempted coup’
September 10, 2019 GMTRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said Tuesday that he is asking the FBI to investigate what he called a "criminal" smear campaign orchestrated against him by several disgruntled former board members and employees...
Ex-Liberty professor convicted of child sex solicitation
June 7, 2019 GMTBEDFORD, Va. (AP) — A former Liberty University professor has been convicted of trying to have sex with a minor...
Liberty U students protest Falwells’ comments on gender
March 7, 2019 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Upset over comments on gender identity made by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr...
Vice President Pence to give commencement address at Liberty
March 2, 2019 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence has been chosen to deliver the commencement address this spring at Liberty University...
Liberty to send 300 students to DC to support Kavanaugh
September 27, 2018 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Several hundred Liberty University students are planning to travel to Washington to support Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh...
Liberty University cut from years-long same-sex custody case
September 5, 2018 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — The private Christian university founded by Jerry Falwell has been dismissed from a long-running lawsuit over an international kidnapping that followed the dissolution of a same-sex civil union...
Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University president, questions Jeff Session’s loyalty to Donald Trump
August 2, 2018 GMTThe president of Liberty University said students at his evangelical Christian school sniffed out early on that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was never a true supporter of President Trump.
Liberty University professor accused of sexual exploitation
June 30, 2018 GMTBEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Virginia authorities say an educator at an evangelical Christian university led by Jerry Falwell Jr...
Jimmy Carter gently jabs Trump at Liberty commencement
May 19, 2018 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter took a gentle poke at President Donald Trump at the start of a commencement address to graduates of Liberty University in Virginia...
‘Bounty hunter’ may be the richest Kentuckian you don’t know
April 14, 2018 GMTLA GRANGE, Ky. (AP) — He divides his time between a 180-acre farm in Oldham County and the most expensive waterfront condominium ever sold in Palm Beach, Florida...
Liberty University plans to add new arena to Virginia campus
March 18, 2018 GMTLYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Liberty University plans to add a 125,000-square-foot arena to its Lynchburg campus...