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Nearly 1,000 flights were delayed or canceled at Denver International Airport on Friday afternoon as severe thunderstorms brought the threat of large hail, tornadoes and high winds to the Front Range and Eastern Plains. There were 924 flight delays and 25 canceled flights at DIA as of 7:20 p.m., according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Flights are delayed by an average of 86 minutes because of a ground delay for thunderstorms, Federal Aviation Administration official said. The ground delay is expected to last until 11 p.m. Southwest Airlines reported 309 delayed and 16 canceled flights, followed by SkyWest with…

A parking enforcement company based in Greenwood Village deliberately uses a confusing payment process that deceives drivers and forces them to pay illegal fines, a new federal lawsuit alleges. Mayenssi Montiel, a Little Rock, Arkansas, resident, filed the proposed action lawsuit against Parking Revenue Recovery Services in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, alleging she parked in a parking garage in Little Rock on April 27 and overstayed her payment by four minutes. But rather than charging Montiel the additional $4 for the extra hour on site, Parking Revenue Recovery Services issued her a fine of $70 —…

The Rockies’ hottest prospect has arrived at Coors Field. Colorado called up 24-year-old Ryan Ritter on Friday ahead of its series opener against the Mets, paving the way for the shortstop’s MLB debut. Ritter has been tearing up Triple-A for the Albuquerque Isotopes and was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Month on Thursday after slashing .381/.445/.918 with 10 doubles, 12 homers and 31 RBIs in May. In a corresponding move, the Rockies placed Gold Glove shortstop Ezequiel Tovar on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain that he suffered during the series opener against the…

Update 4:25 p.m.: A thunderstorm in Pueblo County could bring baseball-sized hail to the area, according to a severe thunderstorm warning from the National Weather Service’s Pueblo office. Severe Thunderstorm Warning including Pueblo CO, Pueblo West CO and Blende CO until 5:00 PM MDT. This destructive storm will contain baseball sized hail! pic.twitter.com/JqBwUd9oP2 — NWS Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) June 6, 2025 The warning, in effect until 5 p.m. for Pueblo, Pueblo West and Blende, describes the storm as a life-threatening situation and urges residents to seek shelter immediately. The storm could also bring 70 mph winds and possibly a tornado. Update…

Police say an alcohol-fueled “pop-up party” that migrated from Denver to Aurora descended into a melee and shooting that killed a 15-year-old girl early Sunday morning. Aurora Police Department Division Chief Mark Hildebrand said at a news conference Thursday that groups of children joined the party after seeing a livestreamed video on social media. One group, including a 14-year-old Colorado Springs boy, arrived when the gathering moved to Aurora. The group instigated a fight, after which the boy shot into the crowd, Hildebrand said. Police played a blurred video of the fight that preceded the shooting, which Hildebrand said was…

Logan O’Connor will likely miss the start of the 2025-26 season after undergoing hip surgery for the second time in two years. Coming off a heroic postseason run that saw him notch six points in seven games, the Avalanche forward is expected to miss the next 5-6 months after undergoing the procedure on Friday morning, the team announced. The surgery was performed by Dr. Bryan Kelly at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. The team did not specify which hip was operated on, or if it was the same hip that had previously been repaired, but did declare…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court cleared the way Friday for the Department of Government Efficiency to access Social Security systems containing personal data on millions of Americans. The court majority sided with the Trump administration in its first Supreme Court appeal involving DOGE, the team once led by billionaire Elon Musk. The three liberal justices dissented. The high court halted an order from a judge in Maryland restricting the team’s access to the Social Security Administration under federal privacy laws. The agency holds sensitive data on nearly everyone in the country, including school records, salary…

The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 said union members working for Safeway and Albertsons grocery stores in Colorado have voted to strike after nine months of negotiations failed to reach a new collective bargaining agreement to replace one that expired in January. Safeway and Albertsons workers across metro Denver, including Boulder and Castle Rock, approved an unfair labor practice strike, as did workers at stores in Conifer, Evergreen, Fountain, Grand Junction, Idaho Springs, Parker, Pueblo, Salida, Steamboat Springs and Vail, the UFCW Local 7 said in a news release Thursday night. The votes on whether to authorize a…

On March 13, he donned a digital mask, the last post on Evan Engram’s X feed the beginning of a new identity in Denver. It was a simple GIF, after months and years of talk of Sean Payton’s need for a “Joker,” of Heath Ledger leaning his head out of a police car in “The Dark Knight.” Stringy hair. Iconic face paint. The message was clear. The tweet has been viewed nearly two million times since. It was fan service, maybe. It was also a sort of self-challenge after Engram inked a three-year deal with Denver in March. Payton’s idea…

Mohamed Sabry Soliman (Photo courtesy of Boulder Police Department) Boulder County’s district attorney on Thursday charged the suspect in the Pearl Street Mall terror attack with more than 100 criminal counts related to the antisemitic firebombing that injured 15 people and a dog. Mohamed Sabry Soliman, a 45-year-old Egyptian immigrant who officials say was living in the U.S. illegally, faces 118 charges, including dozens of counts of attempted first-degree murder and first-degree assault. Sixty-two of the charges concern offenses against victims, including 28 counts of attempted first-degree murder. Two attempted-murder counts — one for being a premeditated crime, the other…