Falwell says he’s resigned from role

RICHMON D, VA.» 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.

Falwell’s exit marks a precipitous fall from power for one of the country’s most visible conservative Christian leaders and ardent supporters of President Donald Trump. He confirmed his decision to resign in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.

Kremlin brushes off allegations in Navalny’s poisoning. The

M O SCOW Kremlin brushed off allegations Tuesday that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an intentional poisoning orchestrated by authorities and said there were no grounds for a criminal investigation so far since it hasn’t been fully established what caused the politician to fall into a coma.

The insistence by the Russian government that Navalny wasn’t necessarily poisoned — comments amplified by Russian doctors and proKremlin media — came a day after doctors at a German hospital where the 44-year-old is being treated said tests indicated he was poisoned.

COVID-19 tests will now be required for nursing home staff.

WA SHI N GTON» Scrambling to check the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes, the Trump administration announced Tuesday it will require facilities to test staff regularly or face fines.

The move comes months after the White House first urged governors to test all nursing home residents and staff. With residents, nursing homes are being required to offer them coronavirus tests if there is an outbreak or if any show symptoms.

Long-term care facilities represent less than 1% of the U.S. population, but they account for 42% of the COVID-19 deaths, with more than 70,000 fatalities reported by the COVID Tracking Project.

Inmate beaten to death at federal lockup.

I N DIANA» An autopsy determined the May death of Jose Nieves-Galarza, 59, was caused by “bluntforce injuries” that caused him to bleed to death in his cell. The fatal beating was not publicly disclosed by prison officials and has not previously been reported.

The blows nearly ruptured the man’s aorta and were “most likely inflicted” by someone’s foot, according to an autopsy report obtained by The AP.

Nieves-Galarza’s death, ruled a homicide, came just months before he was scheduled to be released from the FCI

Terre Haute, where he was serving a seven-year sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm. He had several prior convictions for robbery in New York and had been sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act.