Washington DCSecret Service investigating vehicle crash into gate of White House complexA driver was taken into custody as ‘cause and manner’ of the Monday evening collision was being looked into
A vehicle crashed into an exterior gate of the White House complex in Washington on Monday evening, the US Secret Service said.
The Secret Service chief of communications, Anthony Guglielmi, said a driver was taken into custody as “the cause and manner” of the 6pm ET incident was being investigated.
Boris Berezovsky This article is more than 12 years oldBoris Berezovsky pays out £100m in UK's biggest divorce settlementThis article is more than 12 years oldOligarch and his ex-wife did not have a pre-nuptial agreement and had been living separately for over 15 yearsThe Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky and his ex-wife, Galina Besharova, have agreed to part company in Britain's largest ever divorce settlement. The court in London was not informed of the sum involved but it is understood that she received more than £100m from her ex-husband.
Rap This article is more than 10 years oldDrake joins J Cole in autism apologyThis article is more than 10 years oldRappers say outrage over lyric on leaked track Jodeci Freestyle was 'learning lesson'Drake has joined J Cole in an apology for mocking autism on their new single. Calling it "a learning lesson for both of us", Drake said that the offending lyric will be removed from the official release of Jodeci Freestyle.
SoulObituaryMarvin Isley obituaryBassist for the Isley Brothers, he co-wrote many hits including Harvest for the WorldMarvin Isley, who has died of complications from diabetes, aged 56, was the bass player with the highly successful funk and soul group the Isley Brothers. He co-wrote many of the band's hits in the 1970s and 80s, including Harvest for the World and Fight the Power.
He was born into a musical family in Cincinnati, Ohio, the last of six sons and 16 years younger than his eldest sibling, O'Kelly.
Life and styleRelatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be
When, more than a decade ago, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, I turned to the internet to learn more about my condition.
Back then, the effects of trauma weren’t exactly unknown, but they weren’t making headlines, either. Most of the information I found was on psychology websites, but it wasn’t until I went to the doctor and received my diagnosis that I fully understood what was happening to me.
The Week in PatriarchyFeminism This article is more than 4 years oldThere’s a dark side to women’s health apps: ‘Menstrual surveillance’This article is more than 4 years oldArwa MahdawiEmployers and health insurers are using family-planning apps to gather intimate information about your fertility, menstrual cycle and pregnancy
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Sign up for the Week in Patriarchy, a newsletter on feminism and sexism sent every SaturdayThe rise of ‘menstrual surveillance’: why digital privacy is a feminist issueYour vagina has been digitized.
WeatherwatchWeatherwatch: The Grote MandrenkeFew great weather events in British history were as devastating as the "Grote Mandrenke", the great drowning of men, which took place in mid January 1362. A huge south-westerly gale originating in the Atlantic Ocean swept across Ireland, Britain, the Low Countries, and northern Germany, causing at least 25,000 deaths.
The first warning of the storm came from Ireland, where homes and buildings in Dublin were devastated by the high winds.
BooksReviewIn Alcott’s novel an assortment of pre-gentrification Brooklynites support each other through good times and bad, occasionally defying credulity
Any readers who believe New York apartment dwellers are a surly, antisocial bunch who meet their neighbors only if the building catches fire will be cheered by the possibilities for love, sex and fellowship that flower inside the run-down Brooklyn brownstone that is the setting of Kathleen Alcott’s new novel, Infinite Home.
OperaObituaryKeel Watson obituaryVersatile opera singer who could move effortlessly between Wagner and Alice’s Adventures in WonderlandA commanding presence on the operatic scene, the bass-baritone Keel Watson, who has died suddenly aged 59, could modulate effortlessly between an imperious Wotan, the ruler of the gods in Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung (Regents Opera), and an amusingly indolent Caterpillar, dressed in shimmering green robes, in Will Todd’s family opera Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Opera Holland Park).
A brood of bikes – but what do you get for your money? Photograph: Peter Walker/The GuardianA brood of bikes – but what do you get for your money? Photograph: Peter Walker/The GuardianBike blogCyclingWe tried five bikes from Swapfiets, Buzzbike and Brompton to see what you get for your monthly money
For people new to cycling, buying a bike can seem daunting. Aside from the outlay, there is maintenance, and what if you decide you just don’t enjoy pedalling around?