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Newsweek
28-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Secret Service Officers Suspended After On-Duty 'Altercation'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Two Secret Service officers have been suspended following an "on-duty altercation" last week, the agency told Newsweek. Why It Matters The Secret Service is tasked with protecting and investigating "protectees, key locations, and events of national significance," according to its website. Secret Service agents and officers are allowed to execute warrants, carry firearms, and make arrests like other law enforcement, U.S. criminal code says. What To Know A Secret Service spokesperson told Newsweek in an email on Tuesday: "The U.S. Secret Service is aware of an on-duty altercation that occurred between two Uniformed Division officers at approximately 2:30 a.m. on May 21. The individuals involved were suspended from duty and this matter is the subject of an internal investigation." The spokesperson added, "The Secret Service has a very strict code of conduct for all employees and any behavior that violates that code is unacceptable. Given this is a personnel matter, we are not in a position to comment further." According to NBC News, the Secret Service confirmed the authenticity of a surveillance tape outside former president Barack Obama's home in Washington, D.C., that shows two Secret Service agents in an altercation. Real Clear Politics' correspondent Susan Crabtree posted video and audio of the incident to X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. Crabtree said the incident occurred outside the Obamas' house and one of the officers called to ask for a supervisor to come to the scene before "I whoop this girl's a**." Newsweek cannot independently verify if the incident Crabtree posted video and audio footage of is the same as the one the Secret Service detailed in its email. Newsweek has reached out to the agency for confirmation in a follow-up email. In a subsequent post to X, Crabtree cited Secret Service sources who said that one of the officers was reportedly upset when another officer coming to relieve her was late. A U.S. Secret Service SUV can be seen driving in President Donald Trump's motorcade to Trump National Golf Club on April 20, 2025, in Sterling, Virginia. (Photo by) A U.S. Secret Service SUV can be seen driving in President Donald Trump's motorcade to Trump National Golf Club on April 20, 2025, in Sterling, Virginia. (Photo by) What People Are Saying Conservative commentator Benny Johnson posted on X on Tuesday: "🚨BREAKING: Footage has been released of a fistfight breaking out outside Obama's DC house between two female Secret Service agents because one was late. DEI on full display." Paul Mauro, former commanding officer of the New York City Police Department's legal bureau wrote on X Tuesday: "Story breaking: Secret Service brawl. Unacceptable. Start transferring/firing people NOW. For the sake of the good agents." This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
- Yahoo
OSBI seeking information on 25-year-old northeast Oklahoma ‘suspicious disappearance' case
LOCUST GROVE, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is seeking information regarding the disappearance of a missing northeast Oklahoma teen last seen more than two decades ago. OSBI said David Allen Crabtree, 13, was last seen at his home in Locust Grove in Mayes County on April 9, 2000. Crabtree's cold case file on OSBI's website is listed as a 'suspicious disappearance'. Michigan men sentenced for possessing Molotov cocktails, leading officers on Northwest Arkansas pursuit The department shared two photos, one of him at age 13 and the other is an age-progressed photo of Crabtree at age 31. Anyone with information regarding Crabtree's disappearance is asked to contact OSBI at or 1-800-522-8017. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Former Idaho legislator Carl Crabtree dies after brain cancer diagnosis
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways The late Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville, works from the Idaho Senate floor at the Statehouse in Boise on Jan. 17, 2022 in this file photo. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun) Carl Crabtree, a rancher and former member of the Idaho Legislature who was known for his support of students and public schools, died Tuesday following a battle with brain cancer, state officials said. Crabtree, a Republican from Grangeville, served in the Idaho Senate from 2016 to 2022. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX During his tenure in the Idaho Legislature, Crabtree supported literary instruction initiatives and pushed to make kindergarten available all day, not just as a half-day class. During his final legislative session in 2022, Crabtree co-sponsored House Bill 731, a law that spells out requirements to screen Idaho students for dyslexia and provides dyslexia professional development training for educators. House Bill 731 received bipartisan support, passed both chambers of the Idaho Legislature unanimously and was signed into law by Gov. Brad Little on March 23, 2022. Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield announced Crabtree's death in social media posts Tuesday night and issued a press release mourning Crabtree on Wednesday. 'Today, I lost one of my dearest friends and Idaho lost a true champion,' Critchfield wrote. 'Carl Crabtree was more than a colleague — he was a cowboy at heart, a fierce advocate for education and a man whose integrity shaped everything he touched. Carl's passion for serving Idaho's students and families never wavered, even in the face of his personal battle with cancer. From his work championing early literacy and dyslexia resources to his tireless efforts supporting educators, Carl's legacy will live on in the lives he changed.' Former Idaho legislator was a 'Friend of Education' award recipient The Idaho School Boards Association honored Crabtree in 2022 with its 'Friend of Education' award, and in 2023 Lewis-Clark State College honored Crabtree with its 'President's Medallion' award. Need to get in touch? Have a news tip? CONTACT US After he was defeated in the 2022 Republican primary election, Crabtree worked for the Idaho Department of Education as director of intergovernmental affairs. Before serving in the Idaho Legislature, Crabtree worked as a rancher, an extension agent for the University of Idaho, oversaw local 4-H programs in his community for decades and was active with several cattle organizations. Before his recent battle with brain cancer, Crabtree had beaten esophageal cancer following a 2022 diagnosis, officials said 'Carl was one of the most genuine, hardworking and kind-hearted people I've ever known,' Critchfield wrote. 'He was a cowboy through and through — steadfast, loyal and full of grit. While I mourn the passing of my dear friend, I am deeply grateful for the time we shared.' Information about memorial services was not immediately available Wednesday. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
Telegraph
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
In praise of Cheshire, Britain's most misunderstood county
I'm in cheese heaven. Should I try a chunk of Crabtree, an Alpine-style creation from Larkton Hall Cheese in Malpas, or a taste of ripe Burt's Blue, from Claire Burt near Holmes Chapel? 'Cheese runs through the veins of people in Nantwich,' says farmer's son Nick Birchall of The Cheese Shop in the Cheshire town. 'The Romans produced cheese here in the first century, making Cheshire cheese the oldest in recorded history.' I've come to Nantwich to stock up for Cheshire Day, celebrated annually on March 30. It's a historical reference to the date the county was given its own Charter of Liberties by King Edward I in 1300 – in effect its own Magna Carta. It's also a somewhat manufactured construct because Cheshire suffers from an identity crisis. Visitors may know Cheshire cheese, or the Cheshire Cat, from the pen of the Rev. Charles Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, born in the Cheshire village of Daresbury in 1832. Most people, however, think of football WAGs and the reality TV series The Real Housewives of Cheshire, which has kept Cheshire's Golden Triangle of Prestbury, Alderley Edge and Wilmslow in fake tan and prosecco for nearly 200 episodes. 'Cheshire is done a disservice by the outside view of the county,' says Joanne Goodwin, Editor of Cheshire Life magazine. 'Beyond the stereotypes, it's an agricultural county by heritage, now a high-tech home for industry and a place with a strong sense of community pride.' I live in Cheshire and my own experience is a far cry from the bolly and botox of popular perception. For me, it's the ideal weekend-break escape with a swathe of lush, dairy-farming greenery, a host of attractive villages and a pint-sized transport hub at Chester. The city packs 2,000 years of history into its four main streets and has welcomed visitors since the coming of the railways in Victorian times. Indeed, my home city recently topped a poll as the most welcoming city in the UK, according to The east Cheshire village of Holmes Chapel, meanwhile, was one of the winners at the recent Marketing Cheshire Tourism Awards for Harry's Home Village Tour in the footsteps of the former One Direction singer, Harry Styles. The walking tour finishes at the Twemlow Viaduct, built in 1841 to carry the Manchester-Crewe railway line, where the teenage Harry is said to have stolen his first kiss. Even the Golden Triangle has moved on since the hedonistic Nineties when the Beckhams arrived, giving rise to the claim that Alderley Edge has higher sales of champagne per head than anywhere else in the UK. The Aston Martin showroom still does a brisk trade but a stroll around Wilmslow reveals a tight-knit community that had prospered from medieval times and boomed as a rural escape for the new-money industrialists of cotton-mill Manchester when the railways arrived. Cheshire Day celebrations this year are themed around local produce. Heading to the south of the county, I find the market town of Nantwich has a high street of independent culinary favourites, an annual food festival to rival Ludlow and a market hall recently voted amongst the top ten in Britain. It looks like a smaller version of Chester with a jumble of cobbled streets and half-timbered houses. The musket marks on the exterior of St Mary's Church hint at the town's crucial role in the English Civil War. Father and daughter, Paul and Holly Challinor, are amongst the new generation of local-produce champions with Nantwich Gin developed on the family smallholding after foraging in nearby fields for a bountiful supply of botanicals. 'We gather the rosehip and dry it on the Aga,' smiles Holly. 'The kitchen smells like chocolate the next day.' There are three signature gins, the distinctive labels featuring the town's black-and-white architectural aesthetic. 'The flavours and labels reflect stories local to Nantwich as a rural heartland of old Cheshire,' adds Paul. One story relates to the 16th-century Cheshire herbalist John Gerard, who became the royal botanist to King James I. Gerard's enthusiasm for collecting samples of rosehip and lemon thyme inspired ingredient-blending sessions when the family started its new craft-spirits venture in 2020. Back at the Cheese Shop, I finally settle for a classic Cheshire, a traditional, cloth-bound cheese from Bourne's Cheshire Cheese of Malpas. It's best enjoyed, advises Nick, with crisp apple slices and a glass of chilled beer. So, forget the bolly and botox, I'll celebrate Cheshire Day this week with a classic taste of real Cheshire. After all, Cheshire Blue was served as the status cheese at Georgian gentlemen's clubs and regular cheese trains used to run to London, laden with Cheshire produce, during Victorian times. As Nick says: 'The story of Cheshire and cheese are inextricably linked.' How to do it Stay at Combermere Abbey, with doubles from £210 per night B&B in the North Wing, or £450 for a two-night stay in a two-bedroom cottage. There's no restaurant for dinner but an evening grazing board is available (£45 for two people). Read The Telegraph's full review.
Reuters
09-03-2025
- Reuters
As Kentucky makes urban camping a crime, 'homeless court' seeks to avoid punishment
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 9 (Reuters) - The state of Kentucky passed a camping ban last year, frustrated by the growing ranks of homeless people and their encampments. Then came the human consequences. Louisville police cited Samantha Crabtree on September 27 for unlawful camping. She was in labor and leaking amniotic fluid when police arrived. She said her husband was calling for an ambulance. "I don't believe for one second that this lady is going into labor but I called EMS and asked for a Code 3 just in case I'm wrong," the officer said in remarks captured on his body video camera, referring to a call for emergency medical services. Her son Justin was born in a hospital a few hours later. His mother would become one of the first defendants to appear on a special court docket created for people cited with unlawful camping in Louisville in response to the new law. On January 29, the charge against Crabtree was dropped. Prosecutors and judges at Louisville's Jefferson County District Court say they hope their unlawful camping docket - informally called "homeless court" - can serve as a countrywide model for getting defendants into shelter, affordable housing, or substance abuse treatment rather than jail. "The whole goal is to get folks connected to services, not to get them convicted of this crime," said Erin White, a Jefferson County prosecutor. The American Bar Association says there are 47 similar courts in 17 states. Since the Supreme Court ruled on June 28, 2024, that camping bans are constitutional, more than 150 cities and counties in 32 states have passed some version of an anti-camping law, according to the National Homelessness Law Center, which says such laws are cruel and ineffective. Eight states also have passed camping bans, according to the Cicero Institute, a conservative think tank that has facilitated the legislation, saying some unhoused people must be pressured by police to get the services they need. In the six months after Kentucky's ban took effect in July, police in Louisville, the state's largest city, issued 72 unlawful camping citations. Once a month, all camping violations are heard in the same Louisville courtroom while service providers stand by across the hall. Prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges cooperate to avoid convictions. So far only one unlawful camping citation has been dismissed outright - the one issued to Crabtree, who complained that police became more hostile after the law took effect. "Criminalizing the homeless is not right," Crabtree said from the offices of VOCAL-KY, a non-profit group. NATIONAL ISSUE Homelessness has been increasing nationwide, up 18% from 2023 to a record 771,480 people in 2024, according to a one-day census conducted each January. Louisville, a city of more than 600,000, saw its unsheltered population more than double from 2022 to 2023, and had one large encampment along the Ohio River, since disbanded, that Mayor Craig Greenberg said stretched more than a mile (1.6 km). The city had 1,728 people living in shelters or on the streets in 2024, but street encampments have largely disappeared with an effort that began before the camping ban, which could result in a $250 fine for a first offense and 90 days in jail for a second offense. No defendant on the homeless docket has yet been penalized for unlawful camping; instead they are granted time to find help. Prosecutors refrain from seeking bench warrants - which could lead to jail - for defendants who fail to appear in court. "We would love to show other jurisdictions the importance of this work," said Judge Karen Faulkner, who presided over the first homeless docket in January. Some say criminal courts are the wrong tool for connecting the unhoused with services. "The courts are trying to do the best with what they've been given, which is a crappy statute that doesn't make any sense," said Ryan Dischinger, a public defender. "This statute was passed because, quite frankly, our legislature doesn't like to look at homeless people." Representative Jason Nemes, a Republican from the Louisville area who was a sponsor of the bill, said he was pleased that defendants were being spared fines or jail time. "We're trying to get our folks treatment," Nemes said. "It appears to me that the bill is working mostly as the way it was designed." Crabtree, 34 and a Louisville native, has been on the street most of the past nine years, by her account, through a series of misfortunes including an addiction to "spice," or synthetic marijuana. She says she has been sober 18 months and recently received a federal housing voucher for rent, allowing her and her 5-month-old son to move out of a friend's home and into an apartment. Justin, appearing happy and plump at 15 pounds, is healthy. Crabtree has four other children who live with her parents, who have legal custody. Her husband is in jail on a parole violation. Though she survives on public assistance, the benefits were hard to come by, and police provided no help, she said. Louisville police did not respond to multiple Reuters requests for comment. "That was my efforts. That was nobody else. I'm damn proud of myself," Crabtree said, looking down at Justin. "I knew I had to get my act together for him."
