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Nori Leybengrub

Nori Leybengrub is a public safety reporter for The Virginian-Pilot. She joined The Pilot from The Baltimore Banner, where she covered breaking news, business and features in her hometown. Nori graduated from Barnard College, where she studied sociology and taught social studies at a Bronx high school.

Days after a Portsmouth special prosecutor drops the charges against six teens for the December murder of 13-year-old Jahkari Corbett, one of them is injured in Dale Homes' first shooting in over a year.

Days after prosecutor drops charges against 6 teens in 13-year-old’s murder, 1 teen is shot

August 21, 2026 at 4:54 p.m.

Days after a Portsmouth special prosecutor drops the charges against six teens for the December murder of 13-year-old Jahkari Corbett, one of them is injured in Dale Homes' first shooting...

The Tidewater office of the Chief Medical Examiner on Southhampton Avenue in Norfolk Tuesday, August 18, 2026. (Bill Tiernan For The Virginian-Pilot)

Assistant state medical examiner fired over false certification letter; murder cases she testified in being questioned

August 19, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner learned their assistant sent a false letter showing she passed her forensic board exam, when she had not. Now defense attorneys in murder...

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center was indicted in January 2025 for suspected healthcare fraud and conspiracy. (Nate Delesline III/The Virginian-Pilot)

Chesapeake hospital reaches tentative agreement with feds over healthcare fraud case stemming from Perwaiz surgeries

August 19, 2026 at 6:32 p.m.

Chesapeake Regional Medical Center has reached a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors to ensure oversight and pay restitution to victims in the health care fraud case related to former obstetrician...

A Portsmouth jury acquitted a man Wednesday in a 2023 double homicide.

Jury acquits man in 2023 double homicide at Portsmouth home

August 12, 2026 at 7:28 p.m.

Brian Johnson, 43, was acquitted by a Portsmouth jury on Tuesday of a 2023 double murder in a woman's Dale Drive home after a 7-day trial.

A demonstrator walks by the Norfolk Federal Building in downtown to speak out against the detainment of a number of individuals by ICE on Friday, August 7, 2026. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

‘Felt like I was kidnapped’: ICE detains U.S. citizen, her fiancé and his brothers on Tidewater Drive

August 11, 2026 at 2:34 p.m.

Britney Ramirez-Corona, a U.S. citizen, was detained by ICE alongside her fiancé and his two brothers on Norfolk's Tidewater Drive Friday morning.

The new Restoration Pod at the Virginia Beach Correctional Center is photographed on Thursday, August 6, 2026. The Restoration Pod is a housing unit where eligible, court-ordered inmates can receive competency restoration services locally instead of waiting for admission to a state psychiatric hospital. (Kendall Warner/The Virginian-Pilot)

New competency restoration pod in Virginia Beach jail aims to reduce wait times, increase access to mental health services

August 7, 2026 at 7:18 p.m.

The Virginia Beach Correctional Center has opened one of the first competency restoration pods in the state, which aims to address gaps in mental health treatment for inmates by leveraging...

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Days after prosecutor drops charges against 6 teens in 13-year-old’s murder, 1 teen is shot

Assistant state medical examiner fired over false certification letter; murder cases she testified in being questioned

Chesapeake hospital reaches tentative agreement with feds over healthcare fraud case stemming from Perwaiz surgeries

Jury acquits man in 2023 double homicide at Portsmouth home

‘Felt like I was kidnapped’: ICE detains U.S. citizen, her fiancé and his brothers on Tidewater Drive

New competency restoration pod in Virginia Beach jail aims to reduce wait times, increase access to mental health services

Woman gets 17 years in prison for killing 90-year-old father in Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach foster father found guilty of sexually abusing, raping adopted children

21-year-old found guilty of murder in Mount Trashmore carnival shooting

Norfolk jury finds man guilty of 1996 sexual assault of student