Virginia state senator indicted; AOC remarks; Austin F1 practice

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal grand jury has indicted Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas, a Democrat, on five counts including racketeering conspiracy, Attorney General Todd Blanche says.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe indictment alleges she arranged a hundred kilograms or more of marijuana, and the FBI puts the scheme at four point five million dollars over five years.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLucas says on X she will not be intimidated, and Governor Spanberger says she is presumed innocent.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHer two daughters and her grandson are among the six co-defendants. She is eighty-two and the Senate President Pro Tempore.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorForty-five pages.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd in Austin, Charles Leclerc topped first practice by eighty-four thousandths of a second over Max Verstappen.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorVerstappen went quicker, but that lap was deleted for track limits at Turn nineteen, and he said his steering felt weird.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWeird steering and a deleted lap. Racing.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHank, that's a catastrophe.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPlausible.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorPlausible! Highest praise I've ever had from you.