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The Supreme Court announced it will determine whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to be on the primary ballot for the 2024 presidential election in Colorado, setting up a landmark ruling that could determine Trump’s eligibility nationwide as multiple states face lawsuits over Trump’s eligibility under the 14th Amendment. https://go.forbes.com/c/L4D4

An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon after a passenger on the plane says that a panel of the fuselage, including the panel’s window, popped off shortly after takeoff.

Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-9 Max aircraft. https://cnn.it/3vwE1ck

A Colorado police officer involved in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, a young unarmed Black man, was sentenced on Friday to 14 months in a county jail. He was one of three police officers prosecuted for McClain's death, and the only one convicted. https://nyti.ms/3S7pWen

President Biden delivered a ferocious condemnation of Donald Trump, ahead of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, warning that Trump directed an insurrection and will aim to undo the nation’s bedrock democracy if he returns to power. https://nyti.ms/41Nu5aA

Torrential rains swept across parts of England, France and Germany overnight, prompting evacuations and nearly 300 flood warnings. Forecasters and officials warned that some rivers could continue to experience flooding for days. https://nyti.ms/48JzCRG

Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee Paralympic and Olympic sprinter, has been released from prison on parole, more than a decade after shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, in a killing that shocked the world. https://cnn.it/3tGcwN0

Tesla has recalled more than 1.6 million electric vehicles in China to fix its driving assist feature to prevent misuse by drivers and remedy an issue with door latches on some models, Chinese authorities announced Friday. https://go.forbes.com/c/zgFD

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