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Christian evangelical institution punished victims ‘for violating the student code of conduct’ as ‘assailants were left unpunished’Liberty University has been hit with a $14m Department of Education federal fine for creating “a culture of silence” around sexual assault, failing to support victims of violence and then failing to properly report them correctly under the law.Announcing the fine on Tuesday, the department said in a...

Firefighters were called to home in Sterling, Virginia, by report of gas smell, and explosion took place 30 minutes later, officials saidOne firefighter was killed and nine others were injured on Friday when an explosion in a Washington DC suburb leveled a home where they were investigating a gas leak. Two other people were also injured.The firefighters were called to the home in Sterling,...