Hampton native Deion Campbell is not sure where he caught the deadly coronavirus, but he spent 14 days on a ventilator and 40 days in Sentara Careplex, plus rehab. Besides almost dying, the ordeal turned his life upside down. With sustained nerve damage in his right arm, it hinders his ability to work in his chosen field, photography. His wife, Tyiesha caught the virus too, but also recovered, but the couple saw on social media that people are still calling it a fake virus. " I didn't almost die from a fake virus," Campbell said. He decided to write a book called "Ventilator" to share his experience and to dispel some common misconceptions about the illness, such as if you catch it once you're immune. That's not true, anyone can catch it multiple times, he said. Campbell's doctors also weigh in on his ordeal.

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More than a third of the jail officer positions at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail are currently vacant -- at least 91 jobs unfilled -- and several officers who spoke with The Virginian-Pilot said they felt unsafe working there because of the shortage. To mitigate the problem, the jail’s board took the extraordinary measure in late November of voting to move about 255 inmates from the regional facility back to the city jails from which they came.

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George Washington's boozy holiday eggnog recipe gets spread far and wide. But it turns out, it's not from him at all. A fun Virginia holiday history tale w/ recipes for eggnog and Martha Washington's (actual) Christmas cake.  Read more in this Sunday's Main News section.

• Open telescope gifts early for best look at cosmic Christmas Star in 800 years. Read more in this Sunday's Main News section.

• Perhaps you saw it on TikTok. Perhaps it was “Good Morning America.” But by now, you’ve probably seen them: little spheres of chocolate like cartoon bombs without the fuse, needing only heat to explode.

  Fueled by viral videos, the hot chocolate bomb has become the runaway food trend of the holiday season, the bomb that won’t stop exploding.

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• Fiona Apple's latest album included a song called "Shameika," in which Apple talks about a girl who stood up for her when she was being bullied in elementary school. It instantly sent fans on the internet in search of Shameika. Turns out, she lives in Virginia Beach and after reuniting with Apple, the two collabed on a song together. Read more in The Sunday Break Section.