A 44-year-old Michigan man named Corey Harris joined a Zoom court hearing discussing his license renewal while driving his car, leading to the revocation of his bond and a bench warrant for his arrest.

The judge noticed Harris was in motion and asked if he was behind the wheel, prompting the bond revocation and jail sentence, despite Harris' attorney's attempts to explain the situation.

Harris spent two days in jail due to the incident, and he was embarrassed as the public wrongly ridiculed him. The oversight regarding his license suspension being rescinded in January 2022 due to a clerical error has yet to be rectified in state records.

The incident was widely mocked on the internet, and advice was given to Harris to avoid driving and dress appropriately for future hearings.

Harris claimed that his license suspension order had been rescinded in January 2022 due to a clerical error, but this oversight has not been corrected in state records. The process to reinstate a driver's license in Michigan can be complicated.

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Judge Iris Ilotovich-Segal of a Tel Aviv family court ruled on Monday that Eitan Biran, the sole survivor of the Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash disaster in May must be handed by to the custody of his aunt in Italy.

The decision was released in view of the Hague Convention regarding the abduction of minors following a dispute between the aunt and the family in Israel.

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"The grandfather has taken the kid far away from his regular place of living," wrote the judge, enforcing the decision that the boy, who lost his parents, brother, and two great-grandparents, must go back to Italy and take back residence under the guardianship of his paternal aunt, Aya Biran.

"The does not concur with the grandfather's notion that Israel is Eitan's regular place of living nor the notion that the boy has two residences," added judge Ilotovich-Segal.

Furthermore, the Israeli court has ordered the grandfather, Shmuel Peleg, to pay NIS 70,000 ($21,800) in court fees. Meanwhile,e Italian authorities continue to investigate the man for the alleged kidnapping.

Apart from the Bira family members, another nine people died when a cable car plunged to the ground along the mountain of Mottarone in Northern Italy. After the accident, Eitan moved in with his paternal aunt, Aya Biran, but was soon after taken by his maternal grandfather, Shmuel Peleg, across the nearby border of Switzerland and then on a private jet to Tel Aviv.

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Netanyahu said that he needed the immunity to fight for his innocence against a concerted effort to bring him down by various officials. "I have been framed, law enforcement has singled me out, and witnesses have been extorted," Netanyahu said, citing the "ulterior motives" of law enforcement officials.

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Throughout his speech he touted his government's accomplishments, saying that his past ten years as prime minister were "the best decade Israel has ever had."

Netanyahu's decision means that the Knesset will have to decide whether there are special circumstances that should prevent the indictment against him from going forward.

Because Israel is in the midst of an election campaign, the current Knesset may not be able to convene the House Committee in order to decide on the matter. Even if he does get immunity, it would expire once the new Knesset is sworn in following the March 2 election.

This means that if Likud does not win a governing majority with its allies to secure immunity, he would have to stand trial almost immediately.

Netanyahu is a suspect in three corruption cases. In all three cases in which he is a suspect – Cases 1,000, 2,000, and 4,000 – Netanyahu will be indicted for fraud and breach of trust (under Israeli law fraud and breach of trust is one count).

In Case 4,000, on top of the count of fraud and breach of trust, Netanyahu will face an additional count of bribery.

Netanyahu noted in his speech that even if he was to be granted immunity, he would eventually face the charges in court. "I want to destroy the accusations against me in court," he said.

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The Justice Ministry has previously said the hearing would take place by July 10, but Mendelblit's office said on Wednesday that the much-anticipated hearing would at the beginning of October. Netanyahu's lawyers had reportedly asked for at least a year.

Several months ago Mendelblit released a report laying out the charges against Netanyahu in three corruption cases, saying he would make a final decision on an indictment after Netanyahu appeared for a hearing.

The charges include allegations that he accepted gifts from billionaire friends and promoted beneficial regulations for a telecom magnate in exchange for positive coverage on a news site.

The recently reelected Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and has called the charges the product of a media-orchestrated witch hunt to depose him.

The criminal investigations facing Netanyahu, known as Case ‎‎1,000, Case 2,000 and Case 4,000, have clouded his premiership and were a central issue during the recent election.

Case 1,000 centers on expensive gifts Netanyahu and his wife, ‎Sara, allegedly received from Hollywood producer ‎Arnon Milchan and Australian tycoon James Packer.

Case 2,000 focuses on an alleged deal between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes in which Yedioth would soften its aggressive ‎anti-Netanyahu tone in return for the prime ‎minister acting to curtail Yedioth rival Israel ‎Hayom's activities to benefit ‎Yedioth financially.‎

Case 4,000 revolves around allegations of a deal in which Shaul ‎Elovitch, the controlling shareholder of Israeli telecom corporation Bezeq, ensured positive coverage for Netanyahu in the Bezeq-owned Walla news website in exchange for the prime minister ‎promoting government regulations worth hundreds of ‎millions of dollars to the company.‎

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