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Good afternoon! Power is still out for 15,000 customers in the west metro area, 24 hours after a line of strong thunderstorms swept across the region. Xcel Energy said power should be restored to about 10,000 of those customers by the end of the day, with the remaining 5,000 reconnected sometime Tuesday. | No power? Here are 10 tips to get you through | Forecast
 

Day 10: 'He's not lying,' Yanez attorney tells court; case goes to jury

"You can't sit in these chairs and 20-20 vision officer Yanez," defense attorney Earl Gray told jurors. "He said he thought he was going to die. Why else would he do this?" It's in the jurors' hands now. | 74 Seconds

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Trump holds cabinet meeting, promises change

Nearly five months into his presidency, this was the first time President Donald Trump hosted all the agency chiefs. | Maryland, DC attorneys general sue Trump over business ties

As Pride marches take 'resistance' stance, where do LGBT Trump supporters fit in?

In cities across the U.S. over the weekend, LGBT people and allies marched for Pride month, many protesting the Trump administration. LGBT Trump supporters say that makes such events too divisive.

Sessions' testimony to Congress Tuesday to be open to public

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is expected to face sharp questioning from his former Senate colleagues about his role in the investigation into contacts between Trump campaign associates and Russia during the 2016 election.

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Another U.S. appeals court keeps Trump's travel ban blocked

The 9th Circuit largely upheld an injunction that blocks key portions of the president's travel ban from going into effect. The decision comes weeks after a similar opinion from the 4th Circuit.

Nightclub owner reflects on massacre: 'We are one Pulse'

Church bells throughout Orlando will ring 49 times at noon Monday, a year after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.

Jamar Clark protest shooter's friend pleads guilty

Nathan Wayne Gustavsson, 23, admitted that he knew that on the night of the shooting that his friend Scarsella was carrying a firearm. And he also admitted that he knew someone could get hurt that night.

Montana's Gianforte avoids jail time for reporter assault

Montana's next congressman, Greg Gianforte, has been given a 180-day deferred jail sentence after the Republican technology entrepreneur pleaded guilty to assaulting a reporter on the eve of his election last month.

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