His constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movementsFrank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works are hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 87.Gallery...

Rutan, known for smooth flying style, survived having to eject twice from planes and being stranded at north poleBurt Rutan was alarmed to see that the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wingtips dragged along the ground as it taxied down the runway. He grabbed the radio to warn the pilot, his older brother Dick Rutan. But Dick never...

Siblings Callum and Jake Robinson and US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad were travelling on a surfing holiday when they were reported missingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree people have been arrested on charges of kidnapping after three bodies were found in an area of northern Mexico where two Australian brothers...

Jerry and Rita Alter, now deceased, are suspected of having stolen artworks in the 80s, including Willem de Kooning’s Woman-OchreThe mystery of a nondescript, middle-aged couple who hung a stolen $150m Willem de Kooning painting behind a bedroom door in their Cliff, New Mexico, home may be closer to being resolved after the FBI agreed to assist in tracking...

Labour has secured mayoral victories in London, Greater Manchester, Salford, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and Liverpool todayLocal elections 2024: full council results for EnglandRishi Sunak is braced for the result of key mayoral elections in London and the West Midlands, after the Conservatives were trounced in the first day of local election results.As...

Hamas confirms four of five people killed during raid in village of Deir al-Ghusun were from its armed wingMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli forces killed five Palestinians in an overnight raid in a village near the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and the Israeli military said on Saturday.Hamas confirmed...