Tax revelations pitch Trump into crisis

Donald Trump is reeling under the biggest crisis of his campaign, after the publication of documents suggesting the Republican nominee, who has refused to release his tax returns, may not have paid federal income tax for nearly two decades. In a challenge to his claim to be a successful businessman and champion of America’s middle class, tax return details leaked to the New York Times reveal that Trump claimed a $916m loss in a 1995 personal filing – enough to legally shelter hundreds of millions from subsequent years of federal tax. The Clinton campaign called the news a “bombshell”. Plus: some Republican women are unfazed by Trump’s sexism; some rural Democratic strongholds are turning Republican; and Ronald Reagan v Bill Clinton is the essential economic battle of the election.

Trump campaign faces biggest crisis yet after tax documents published

Mothers and daughters see struggles reflected in Clinton

When she launched her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2015, Hillary Clinton made much of her relationships with her mother and daughter. A year later, before she took the stage at the Democratic national convention, she was introduced by her daughter and a short, Shonda Rhimes-directed video that delved into her relationship with her mother. Megan Carpentier asked women in Philadelphia to reflect on Clinton’s positioning of herself as a daughter, mother and grandmother.

‘It’s not right’: mothers and daughters see own struggles reflected in Clinton

Supreme court opens new session with eight members

When the justices of the supreme court take their seats on Tuesday morning for the first oral arguments of their 2016-2017 session, many court-watchers will have their eyes more on the makeup of the court than the cases themselves. Since Antonin Scalia’s death in February, the nine-seat court has had only eight members, while Senate Republicans have refused to consider Barack Obama’s pick, Judge Merrick Garland. Megan Carpentier previews the new session.

The six cases that could set the tone for the post-Scalia era

Kim Kardashian West robbed in Paris

The reality TV star was on her way back to the US on Monday after being robbed at gunpoint of a reported $11m of jewelry at a private residence in Paris. As many as five assailants disguised as police tied up Kardashian West in the apartment bathroom before fleeing the scene. A Paris police official told the Associated Press that the men, who were still at large, stole a jewelry box containing valuables worth $6.75m as well as a ring worth $4.5m. Police said the robbers escaped on motorbikes. Kardashian West’s husband, Kanye West, cut short a concert on hearing the news.

Kim Kardashian West robbed at gunpoint by men disguised as police in Paris

Colombian voters reject historic peace deal

Colombians have rejected a peace deal to end 52 years of war with Farc guerrillas, throwing the country into confusion. All sides were left shocked by the rejection of peace deal by only 61,000 votes – polls had predicted a comfortable endorsement. The deal would have guaranteed guerrillas amnesty for war crimes and took four years to negotiate. President Juan Manuel Santos said he would not give up. “I will continue seeking peace until the last day of my presidency,” he said.

Colombia referendum: voters reject peace deal with Farc guerrillas

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba brace for Hurricane Matthew

Up to 40in of rain could fall on some parts of southern Haiti in the strongest storm to hit the region since 2007, but some Haitians have refused to evacuate despite warnings. The storm’s slow-moving center is expected to bear down on south-western Haiti and Jamaica on Monday, bringing 145mph winds. Florida could yet be affected by the storm later in the week.

Haiti issues red alert warning as Caribbean braces for Hurricane Matthew

Nobel prize for medicine awarded for auto-healing discoveries

The Nobel prize in medicine has been awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his discoveries on how the body’s cells repair themselves. In the early 1990s, Ohsumi used baker’s yeast to identify genes essential for “autophagy”; he went on to show that similar sophisticated machinery is used in human cells. “I always look for a new subject to study, even if it is not so popular,” he said in 2012. “If you start from some sort of basic, new observation, you will have plenty to work on.”

Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel prize in medicine for work on autophagy

Historic black school daubed with racist graffiti

A small schoolhouse on the edge of Washington DC that was part of the historic struggle to provide education to African American children has been defaced with swastikas, “white power” slogans and vulgar cartoons. Deep Sran, founder of the Loudoun School for the Gifted, which owns the land on which the Ashburn Colored School stands, suggested “divisive language that’s being whipped up in this election” could be key to the motivation behind the attack.

‘The timing is revealing’: racist graffiti on historic black school shocks Virginia

A runner’s travails exposed



Two years ago, Robert Young was sitting on his sofa watching a marathon when his girlfriend bet him that he could not run 26.2 miles. The next day he proved her wrong. Then he repeated the trick, only faster. Incredibly, by his telling, a year later he had completed 370 marathons. Media attention followed, and a book in which he revealed childhood sexual abuse. Then Young decided to run across America. He collapsed in Indianapolis but his torture was not over.

Runner’s cheating is exposed but for once a sponsor stands tall

Are pop videos the new art?

You may know Director X’s music videos for Rihanna, Drake, Iggy Azalea or Kendrick Lamar. You may have seen Kanye West’s homage to Vincent Desiderio or taken note when Rihanna called her press conference for her recent album a “private viewing” of the booklet artwork by Roy Nachum or when Drake posted pictures of himself inside James Turrell’s lightboxes. “Boundaries are opening up,” says Floria Sigismondi, known for her surreal videos for the likes of Rihanna, David Bowie and Marilyn Manson. “Society is much more open to having people cross over into different disciplines, where before, the art world was very closed off.”

From Hotline Bling to Nuit Blanche: how music video directors turned to art

In case you missed it …

A cast-bronze monument for the victims of the sinking – by giant octopus – of a steam ferry recently appeared in Battery Park, at the southern tip of Manhattan. There was, however, no such disaster. The artist behind the memorial, Joseph Reginella, made the whole thing up as part of a hoax that includes a website, a documentary, fabricated newspaper articles and glossy flyers directing tourists to a phantom Staten Island Ferry Disaster Memorial Museum.

New York monument honors victims of giant octopus attack that never occurred