Aug 24, 2026
Chesapeake Regional may avoid criminal trial, but former OB-GYN Perwaiz’s patients are still suing
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Chesapeake · Headline Desk
What Chesapeake's newsrooms are reporting
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Federal judge effectively blocks new state law limiting Virginia’s cooperation with ICE
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Judge calls Trump mail ballot rule ‘substantively unconstitutional’ as court battle extends
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Virginia education board updates graduation requirements, expands course options for students
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The day Virginia took down Confederate statues, a Black church remembered a lynching victim
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Inside Virginia’s city halls, concerns, confusion rise with Flock surveillance protests
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A summer of recalls exposes holes in the nation’s food safety net
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Amazon’s drone delivery is coming to Richmond and more Virginia headlines
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Virginia health leaders, lawmakers share enhanced healthcare resources for rural communities
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