News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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Israel says it has withdrawn from Khan Younis in southern Gaza after months of fighting, while "significant force" remains in other areas of the strip https://t.co/L5rFq7Jkk5
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) April 7, 2024
CNN‘s link is to “live updates”, a few hours before article post time they reported:
Some Israeli troops are leaving Gaza to prepare for follow-up missions, including in the southernmost Rafah region, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Sunday.
“We are reaching a situation where Hamas does not control the Gaza Strip and that it does not function as a military framework that poses a risk to the citizens of the State of Israel,” Gallant added, in remarks during a visit to assess the Israel Defense Forces’ Southern Command.
CNN.Com. 04/07/2024.
A single Powerball ticket sold in Oregon matched all six numbers for the $1.326 billion jackpot after Saturday night's drawing was delayed due to "pre-draw procedures," Powerball said. https://t.co/uF4KrIPuCb
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 7, 2024
Original Superman comic from 1938 sells for $6 million at auction. https://t.co/dZ9XlrPMsT
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 7, 2024
The most expensive comic book in the world 🌎 https://t.co/HWCpQRG1x3 pic.twitter.com/MO8kcuoPul
— Heritage Auctions (@HeritageAuction) April 4, 2024
A dog missing in California since the summer turned up more than 2,000 miles away in suburban Detroit. https://t.co/nXoUPF8gWD
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 7, 2024
Mehrad Houman and his family live in San Diego but were planning to travel to Minnesota when the call came in. He landed there and then drove 10 hours to Michigan for a reunion with Mishka, the adoption group said on a Facebook post with pictures and video.
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Mishka had wandered away from Houman’s workplace, an auto garage, in July and never returned. Her collar had the family’s phone number.
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Veterinarian Nancy Pillsbury examined 3-year-old Mishka, gave her a rabies shot and cleared her to travel home to California.
“She was clean, well-fed. Whoever had her took good care of her,” Pillsbury told The Associated Press. “How she got here — that’s a story only Mishka knows.”
NBC News.com. 04/05/2024.
A new declaration in Mexico gives 19 cats roaming the presidential palace food and care fur-ever https://t.co/rC4s8rv7Pw
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 7, 2024
Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico’s National Palace, long roaming the lush gardens and historic colonial halls of the most iconic buildings in the country.
“They have access to every part of the palace, so they walk in on meetings, interviews and wander onto camera,” said Jesús Arias, the palace veterinarian, as a handful of feline friends brush against his ankles.
Now, the palace cats have made hiss-tory after the government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador declared them to be “living fixed assets,” the first animals in Mexico to receive the title.
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The investment term “fixed assets” usually applies to buildings and furniture, but by applying it to cats, López Obrador’s government has obligated the country’s Treasury to give them food and care for them for the rest of their lives, even after the leader leaves office in October.
AP News.com. 04/07/2024.
A Kentucky man admits to faking his own death to avoid paying over $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife, according to a plea agreement. https://t.co/oqOHlfB2f6
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 7, 2024
Jesse E. Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of computer fraud in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky on March 29. According to the plea agreement, Kipf accessed the Hawaii death registry system in January 2023 using the details of a doctor living in another state and created a case for own death. He then “assigned himself as the medical certifier for the case and certified that case,” which resulted in Kipf being listed as deceased in many government databases.
“The defendant also infiltrated other states’ death registry systems using credentials he stole from other real people,” the plea agreement states. “The defendant faked his own death, in part, in order to avoid his outstanding child support obligations to his ex-wife.”
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Kipf was initially indicted by a federal grand jury in November 2023 on five counts of computer fraud and three counts of aggravated identity theft, according to a news release. He was accused of illegally accessing state websites for Arizona, Hawaii and Vermont, as well as businesses GuestTek Interactive Entertainment Ltd. and Milestone Inc.
Kipf was also indicted on two counts of making false statements on applications in connection with federally insured financial institutions for allegedly opening two credit accounts in 2020 and 2023 with a false Social Security number, according to the indictment.
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After taking a plea deal, Kipf faces a maximum of seven years in prison and up to $500,000 in fines, per court records.
His sentencing hearing is scheduled for the afternoon of April 12.
NBC News.com. 04/07/2024
