Good morning from The Virginian-Pilot. I'm Mary Regalado, and here are our top headlines for Thursday, July 2nd. State Senator Louise Lucas has filed a defamation lawsuit against a Virginia Beach attorney who started an effort to have her ousted from office. Tim Anderson launched the effort after a protest at which Portsmouth’s Confederate monument was destroyed. WAVY-TV reported that Anderson accused Lucas of inciting a riot, a felony, and of telling police to stand down while people defaced the monument.