Colorado gay club shooting suspect charged with hate crimesCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — The suspect accused of entering a Colorado gay nightclub clad in body armor and opening fire with an AR-15-style rifle, killing five people and wounding 17 others, was formally charged with hate crimes as well as murder on Tuesday.Aldrich had been held on hate crime charges but prosecutors had said previously they weren’t sure if those counts would stick because they needed to assess if there was adequate evidence to show it was a bias motivated crime.District Attorney Michael Allen had noted that murder charges would carry the harshest penalty — likely life in prison — but also said it was important to show the community that bias motivated crimes are not tolerated if there was evidence to support the charge.Restoring power after shootings could take until ThursdayReligious, political motive unseen in German attack on girlsAl Jazeera wants court to probe Palestinian reporter's deathSwedish court convicts man in killing, assassination bidAldrich, who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns according to defense court filings, was arrested at the club by police.According to witnesses, Aldrich fired first at people gathered at the club’s bar before spraying bullets across the dance floor during the attack, which came on the eve of an annual day of remembrance for transgender people lost to violence."