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In modern times, purchasing tickets has become taxing Re: “Colorado joins lawsuit seeking to break up Ticketmaster, Live Nation,” May 24 news story Life was more honest and fair with scalpers and certainly more personable. In an attempt to be cool and modern — i.e., use computers instead of people — the industry screwed consumers and kept doing it until they were threatened with being yanked to the curb after years of increasing prices, mark-ups, and hassles. Rocky Hill, Denver Buying a ticket to a baseball game used to be easy.

Colorado’s summer hailstorms can cause hundreds of millions in damage in the span of a few minutes, often leaving damaged roofs and dented vehicles in their wake. Coloradans should prepare for potential hail, tornado and flood damage by making sure they understand their insurance coverage, limits and deductibles, Carole Walker, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Insurance Association, said in a news release Friday. RELATED: Large hail causes damage across Denver metro Thursday night, more severe storms possible Friday “Mother Nature is just warming up her pitching arm as Coloradans brace themselves for severe weather season,” she said. The insurance association recommends immediately documenting any damage to homes and cars before making any short-term fixes.

The Arapahoe County coroner on Friday identified a man shot and killed by Aurora police in an apartment complex near Expo Park as 37-year-old Kilyn Lewis. Lewis was suspected in an attempted homicide in Denver when the Aurora police SWAT team contacted him in the complex on South Ironton Street on May 23, police have previously said.

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump attacked the judge and the star witness in his criminal hush money trial and again tried to undermine New York’s criminal justice system on Friday while seeking to turn his conviction on 34 felony charges into fuel — and not an impediment — to his bid to return to the White House. Trump addressed reporters at his namesake tower in Manhattan Friday, returning to campaigning a day after he was convicted of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by falsifying business records to hide money paid to a porn actor who claimed they had sex. The Republican ex-president, as defiant as ever, argued the verdict was illegitimate and driven by politics and sought to downplay the facts underlying the case. “It’s not hush money.

COMMERCE CITY — Police in Colorado say a man’s sturdy necklace probably saved his life by blocking a bullet fired at his neck. The bullet lodged in the almost half-inch-wide, silver-colored, metal chain in the shooting Tuesday night in Commerce City, a suburb north of Denver. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Man killed by Aurora police officer identified as 37-year-old suspected in attempted homicide Crime and Public Safety | Aurora Police Department releases bodycam footage in fatal officer shooting on May 4 Crime and Public Safety | Sheridan police arrest suspect in murder case Crime and Public Safety | Man dies after shooting at Aurora condo complex Crime and Public Safety | Partial body cam video released in Thornton police shooting that killed 2 in April The shooting happened during an argument.

A severe hailstorm pelted swaths of the Denver area Thursday evening, damaging cars, homes and trees — and more severe weather is possible Friday. The destructive hail rained down on central and east Denver, Aurora and some of the northern suburbs, including Thornton, Broomfield and Northglenn. Hail up to 2.75 inches wide — just shy of the size of a baseball — was reported in Commerce City, according to the National Weather Service in Boulder.