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Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Yahoo
Man learns punishment for shooting, killing man breaking into Boost Mobile
A man who shot and killed someone breaking into his family's business has learned his punishment. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Mahmoud Abdellatif was sentenced to six to seven and a half years in prison for involuntary manslaughter, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court documents. Abdellatif shot and killed Larry Swain, 36, of Troy, in January 2023. TRENDING STORIES: 2-year-old girl dies after being bitten by ants; her family is suing medical center that treated her Big Lots announces when local store will reopen Man without driver's license accused of stealing car, causing deadly crash Montgomery County Sheriff's deputies were called out to reports of a shooting at the Boost Mobile store in the 3800 block of North Dixie Drive in the overnight hours on Jan. 10. According to the sheriff's office, the investigation showed Swain and a juvenile female were breaking into the business. Abdellatif told deputies that he lived upstairs over the store, which was his family's owned business. He said he heard noises from the store and went downstairs with a handgun. When he was outside of the front of the business, he said he saw Swain inside the store. He then fired multiple shots through the front window, hitting Swain multiple times, according to the prosecutor's office. Swain was taken to a local hospital. He later died as a result of his injuries. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Daily News Egypt
18-03-2025
- Business
- Daily News Egypt
Egypt reviews education initiatives, cites high school attendance
Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met on Wednesday with Mohamed Abdellatif, Minister of Education and Technical Education, to review the ministry's ongoing initiatives. Discussions included ensuring student attendance, the proposed alternative secondary education system (the 'Baccalaureate'), and broader efforts to develop the basic and technical education systems. During the meeting, Abdellatif highlighted progress within the educational process. 'Student attendance rates are generally high, reaching approximately 85%,' he stated. The proposed alternative to the General Secondary Education Certificate (Thanawiya Amma), known as the 'Baccalaureate,' was also reviewed. According to the Minister, community dialogue sessions have involved discussions with education experts and specialists. Abdellatif emphasised the Ministry's initiatives regarding technical education, referencing his visit in February to the Salesian Institute 'Don Bosco' alongside the Italian Minister of Education and the Italian Ambassador to Cairo. During the visit, they inaugurated the Italian Village model within the school. 'Coordination is underway with prominent business leaders from the private sector to facilitate the employment of graduates from these schools,' Abdellatif confirmed. The Minister of Education noted that letters of intent had been signed to create a joint platform promoting convergence between education systems and to establish the Egyptian-Italian Employment Centre. The latter aims to provide students and graduates with skills and training for the labour market via partnerships between educational institutions and industries in both countries. The signing took place with the head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries, the head of the Italian Industries Federation, and representatives of 30 Italian companies in attendance. A cooperation protocol was signed between the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI) focusing on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) to support Egyptian higher technical institutes. A cooperation agreement was also signed between AICS and Eni concerning the hospitality school in Damietta, within the framework of the – TEJPA program designed to improve technical education and employment prospects through the higher technical school model. The Minister clarified that the collaboration with Italy extends to other areas, noting ongoing coordination with the Italian Ambassador to establish new hotel schools in Egypt via partnerships with the private sector and Italian expertise. The partnership also aims to strengthen applied technology school projects in sectors such as textiles, mining, pharmaceuticals and agriculture. According to Abdellatif, these projects 'play a key role in development by qualifying highly skilled and trained technical workers.' Abdellatif mentioned international visits to strengthen cooperation with foreign partners. He cited his visit to Japan, stating that the country has 'become a leading model in education, thanks to its innovative methods that contribute to improving educational standards and student performance.' The visit to Japan focused on technology, programming, support for students with disabilities, curriculum development and assessment systems. It included tours of Japanese educational institutions and meetings with officials. The Minister of Education also mentioned his visit to Germany, where he held meetings to discuss strengthening cooperation mechanisms in pre-university education. He visited schools in Berlin to study German educational methods and practices, particularly the inclusion system. Abdellatif also highlighted cooperation between the Ministry of Education and Technical Education, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, to strengthen aspects of cooperation with the private sector in developing agricultural technical schools. These efforts align with state plans to improve technical education outcomes. The Minister reviewed efforts in cooperation with private sector investors to benefit from the existing 172 agricultural schools, aiming to achieve development in the agricultural sector. This includes preparing technical workers trained in modern techniques, irrigation methods, livestock management and organic crops, while aligning agricultural education with labour market needs and creating new specializations.
Egypt Independent
18-03-2025
- Politics
- Egypt Independent
Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement'
CNN — Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to 'incitement' and 'support of terrorism,' despite an Israeli judge ordering her release on Monday. Latifeh Abdellatif is a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in Reuters, ABC News, BBC, Al Jazeera and TRT, according to her Instagram account biography. Israeli police said that she was apprehended at her home in the Old City on Sunday by Jerusalem District Police officers 'on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism.' Abdellatif's lawyer and her mother said she was arrested in the street on her way home, by officers arriving in unmarked vehicles. Abdellatif denies the charges. In a statement, police pointed to Abdellatif's posting of a video of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in which he says he wants to die as a 'martyr.' 'In these and other posts, it is evident that the suspect praises and glorifies the actions of terrorist organizations,' the statement said. Abdellatif appeared via video link at a magistrates' court in Jerusalem on Monday, where a judge denied a police request to detain her for an additional five days in order to continue interrogations and investigation. At one point during the hearing, Abdellatif smiled and made a heart-shaped gesture with her hands. 'The court found that based on her work as a journalist and based on the defense that these posts are part of her professional work, and that the posts are more than six months old, there is no need for keeping her in detention and she doesn't create a danger to the public,' Abdellatif's lawyer Nasser Odeh told CNN after the hearing. Odeh said the judge ordered Abdellatif's release 'under restrictive conditions.' He said this included 2,000 Israeli shekels ($550) to be paid for bail and another 10,000 shekels as a guarantee that she would show up once called in for investigation. However, Israeli police immediately appealed the decision, seeking to stop her release. 'The police have requested to freeze the decision of the release until they submit an appeal with the central court. Right now, the release decision has been frozen until the appeal process goes into effect,' the lawyer said. Odeh told CNN that Abdellatif had been interrogated for three hours on Sunday 'about social media posts that are part of her professional work as a journalist.' Abdellatif pictured with her son in Jerusalem. Family photo Targeted 'for the smallest things' Abdellatif lives and works in Jerusalem. She has in the past reported on the tensions around access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, monitoring clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers in the Old City. CNN has witnessed her being harassed by Israeli security forces in the Old City on several occasions in the past, including being physically pushed aside and verbally abused. None of the occasions witnessed by CNN involved Abdellatif doing anything other than quietly standing on the side and using her camera to capture the events. Abdellatif's mother told CNN on Monday her daughter is a working single mother to a 7-year-old son and that she 'has all the beautiful things in her character.' Several of Abdellatif's colleagues described her as 'professional' and 'dedicated.' One said she was 'very kind and goes out of her way to help everyone, is respectable, and has good manners.' One journalist told CNN that reporters in Jerusalem 'are more concerned and afraid to cover the news that deals with Palestinian matters because it can easily be brought upon us as an incitement charge.' Another journalist said that Jerusalem-based reporters feel 'targeted by Israel security after the (October 7 Hamas attacks) for the smallest things.' None of the journalists wanted to be named for fear of repercussions. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that since the start of the war in Gaza, an 'unprecedented' number of journalists and media workers have been arrested in what they and their attorneys say is retaliation for their journalism and commentary. As of March 13, 2025, CPJ had documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. Israel arrested 70; Palestinian authorities arrested five, it said. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned Abdellatif's arrest on Monday. In a statement, the syndicate said Israeli security authorities 'have arrested and expelled eight journalists from the Old City and al-Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of this month.'
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement'
Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to 'incitement' and 'support of terrorism,' despite an Israeli judge ordering her release on Monday. Latifeh Abdellatif is a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in Reuters, ABC News, BBC, Al Jazeera and TRT, according to her Instagram account biography. Israeli police said that she was apprehended at her home in the Old City on Sunday by Jerusalem District Police officers 'on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism.' Abdellatif denies the charges. In a statement, police pointed to Abdellatif's posting of a video of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in which he says he wants to die as a 'martyr.' 'In these and other posts, it is evident that the suspect praises and glorifies the actions of terrorist organizations,' the statement said. Abdellatif appeared via video link at a magistrates' court in Jerusalem on Monday, where a judge denied a police request to detain her for an additional five days in order to continue interrogations and investigation. At one point during the hearing, Abdellatif smiled and made a heart-shaped gesture with her hands. 'The court found that based on her work as a journalist and based on the defense that these posts are part of her professional work, and that the posts are more than six months old, there is no need for keeping her in detention and she doesn't create a danger to the public,' Abdellatif's lawyer Nasser Odeh told CNN after the hearing. Odeh said the judge ordered Abdellatif's release 'under restrictive conditions.' He said this included 2,000 Israeli shekels ($550) to be paid for bail and another 10,000 shekels as a guarantee that she would show up once called in for investigation. However, Israeli police immediately appealed the decision, seeking to stop her release. 'The police have requested to freeze the decision of the release until they submit an appeal with the central court. Right now, the release decision has been frozen until the appeal process goes into effect,' the lawyer said. Odeh told CNN that Abdellatif had been interrogated for three hours on Sunday 'about social media posts that are part of her professional work as a journalist.' Abdellatif lives and works in Jerusalem. She has in the past reported on the tensions around access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, monitoring clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers in the Old City. CNN has witnessed her being harassed by Israeli security forces in the Old City on several occasions in the past, including being physically pushed aside and verbally abused. None of the occasions witnessed by CNN involved Abdellatif doing anything other than quietly standing on the side and using her camera to capture the events. Abdellatif's mother told CNN on Monday her daughter is a working single mother to a 7-year-old son and that she 'has all the beautiful things in her character.' Several of Abdellatif's colleagues described her as 'professional' and 'dedicated.' One said she was 'very kind and goes out of her way to help everyone, is respectable, and has good manners.' One journalist told CNN that reporters in Jerusalem 'are more concerned and afraid to cover the news that deals with Palestinian matters because it can easily be brought upon us as an incitement charge.' Another journalist said that Jerusalem-based reporters feel 'targeted by Israel security after the (October 7 Hamas attacks) for the smallest things.' None of the journalists wanted to be named for fear of repercussions. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that since the start of the war in Gaza, an 'unprecedented' number of journalists and media workers have been arrested in what they and their attorneys say is retaliation for their journalism and commentary. As of March 13, 2025, CPJ had documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. Israel arrested 70; Palestinian authorities arrested five, it said. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned Abdellatif's arrest on Monday. In a statement, the syndicate said Israeli security authorities 'have arrested and expelled eight journalists from the Old City and al-Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of this month.' CNN's Kara Fox contributed reporting.
CNN
17-03-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement'
Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to 'incitement' and 'support of terrorism,' despite an Israeli judge ordering her release on Monday. Latifeh Abdellatif is a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in Reuters, ABC News, BBC, Al Jazeera and TRT, according to her Instagram account biography. Israeli police said that she was apprehended at her home in the Old City on Sunday by Jerusalem District Police officers 'on suspicion of incitement and support for terrorism.' Abdellatif denies the charges. In a statement, police pointed to Abdellatif's posting of a video of late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in which he says he wants to die as a 'martyr.' 'In these and other posts, it is evident that the suspect praises and glorifies the actions of terrorist organizations,' the statement said. Abdellatif appeared via video link at a magistrates' court in Jerusalem on Monday, where a judge denied a police request to detain her for an additional five days in order to continue interrogations and investigation. At one point during the hearing, Abdellatif smiled and made a heart-shaped gesture with her hands. 'The court found that based on her work as a journalist and based on the defense that these posts are part of her professional work, and that the posts are more than six months old, there is no need for keeping her in detention and she doesn't create a danger to the public,' Abdellatif's lawyer Nasser Odeh told CNN after the hearing. Odeh said the judge ordered Abdellatif's release 'under restrictive conditions.' He said this included 2,000 Israeli shekels ($550) to be paid for bail and another 10,000 shekels as a guarantee that she would show up once called in for investigation. However, Israeli police immediately appealed the decision, seeking to stop her release. 'The police have requested to freeze the decision of the release until they submit an appeal with the central court. Right now, the release decision has been frozen until the appeal process goes into effect,' the lawyer said. Odeh told CNN that Abdellatif had been interrogated for three hours on Sunday 'about social media posts that are part of her professional work as a journalist.' Abdellatif lives and works in Jerusalem. She has in the past reported on the tensions around access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, monitoring clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers in the Old City. CNN has witnessed her being harassed by Israeli security forces in the Old City on several occasions in the past, including being physically pushed aside and verbally abused. None of the occasions witnessed by CNN involved Abdellatif doing anything other than quietly standing on the side and using her camera to capture the events. Abdellatif's mother told CNN on Monday her daughter is a working single mother to a 7-year-old son and that she 'has all the beautiful things in her character.' Several of Abdellatif's colleagues described her as 'professional' and 'dedicated.' One said she was 'very kind and goes out of her way to help everyone, is respectable, and has good manners.' One journalist told CNN that reporters in Jerusalem 'are more concerned and afraid to cover the news that deals with Palestinian matters because it can easily be brought upon us as an incitement charge.' Another journalist said that Jerusalem-based reporters feel 'targeted by Israel security after the (October 7 Hamas attacks) for the smallest things.' None of the journalists wanted to be named for fear of repercussions. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said that since the start of the war in Gaza, an 'unprecedented' number of journalists and media workers have been arrested in what they and their attorneys say is retaliation for their journalism and commentary. As of March 13, 2025, CPJ had documented a total of 75 arrests of journalists in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem. Israel arrested 70; Palestinian authorities arrested five, it said. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned Abdellatif's arrest on Monday. In a statement, the syndicate said Israeli security authorities 'have arrested and expelled eight journalists from the Old City and al-Aqsa Mosque since the beginning of this month.' CNN's Kara Fox contributed reporting.
