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Alpine, Texas — Months after Congress approved billions for infrastructure across one of the least-trafficked stretches of the southern border, bulldozers arrived at Big Bend National Park, West Texas’s wild crown jewel. What followed was an unlikely revolt against President Trump’s decade-old promise to build a wall. Cattle ranchers, environmentalists, sheriffs, Republican senators and country singers united around a distinctly Texas argument: Secure the border, but don’t tread on us.Images of bulldozers scraping through the 801,163-acre expanse of Big Bend National Park — a preserve larger than the state of Rhode Island — erupted across social media, turning a construction project in…

A bond sell-off driven by investor fears over inflation and rising government debt has rattled markets and threatened to raise borrowing costs for everyday Americans looking to purchase a home or car.The yield on the 30-year Treasury reached 5.3% earlier this week, its highest level since 2007, while the 10-year Treasury yield, which influences mortgage rates, rose to 4.7%, up from 4.2% at the start of the year.Bond yields and prices move in opposite directions, with higher yields reflecting investors’ desire for higher returns on their investments, often amid fears of economic or geopolitical instability.”Bond markets are sending an equally…

An Oscar-nominated star of one of the biggest hits of the 1980s was still the image of showbiz elegance when she was spotted this week at the age of 78.Born to a pair of TV actors, she herself began her career on the small screen in the 1970s and then worked on film with such figures as Sylvester Stallone.However, it was during the following decade that she left her most indelible mark on showbiz history in the picture that launched the craze of erotic thrillers in Hollywood.Having played opposite Michael Douglas in that movie, she proceeded to collaborate with showbiz…

Human remains have been discovered in Nevada’s Lake Mead after the vital water source reached record-low levels this month.  Las Vegas resident Dianelis Molina Cruz and her friends made the chilling find on August 16 along the shoreline of Boulder Beach, a popular spot within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, roughly 30 miles from the Vegas Strip.Cruz told investigators that a friend’s daughter was playing in shallow water when she came across the lower jawbone of a person, complete with teeth and dental fillings.Soon after, more bones were discovered at the rapidly receding shoreline. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department confirmed…

Olivia Attwood posed in a white sports bra and grey tracksuit bottoms during a workout on Thursday before revealing a painful looking ‘cupping’ marks. The former Love Island star, 35, took to Instagram as she revealed she has swapped her wild nights out for wellness. Olivia showed off her natural beauty for her workout as she snapped a mirror selfie flaunting her toned figure and penned, ‘Training hard.’The TV star later snapped a photo of her back following cupping therapy, which is where a trained practitioner places specialised cups on the skin for several minutes to create suction.This negative pressure pulls the skin, which…

Archaeologists have uncovered a stone beam etched with the name of an Egyptian pharaoh, who many scholars believe is mentioned in the biblical story of Moses.Excavations at Tell Abu Saifi, 90 miles northeast of Cairo, found ruins that may have belonged to the lost city of Mesen, which stood along an ancient military road linked to the biblical Exodus. A range of artifacts was unearthed, including a 3,000-year-old stone bearing the name of King Ramses II, who is linked to Moses because the Exodus says the enslaved Israelites built a city bearing his name. The ancient beam, or lintel, was broken into two…

Wayne Rooney has shared the latest results of his nose job after revealing he had to have an operation to fix it after breaking it twice during his football career.The former professional footballer, 40, first shared the news on his podcast with Mark Goldbridge, Stick to United, a week after having the surgery.Days later, Wayne was spotted with his wife Coleen, 40, dropping off their son Kai at Manchester United’s Carrington Training Complex on Thursday morning.Kai, 16, who is a part of the Premier League side’s Under 18s squad and plays primarily as a right winger/forward, arrived ahead of a game. Wayne’s new…

She has become a constant fixture in Donald Trump’s life, with 35-year-old Natalie Harp dutifully trailing the President of the United States in a golf cart – from the White House to Mar-a-Lago. For someone who is always on her feet, the blonde aide – who has made headlines this week after her ‘love letters’ to Mr Trump were recirculated online – might be expected to pick comfortable loafers or practical kitten heels. Instead, the divisive executive assistant appears to favour a pair of nude, patent leather stilletos, with fashion expert Rochelle White telling the Daily Mail that Harp’s choice ‘does not…

David Beckham was every inch the loving husband as he snapped photos of his wife Victoria during their never-ending European holiday.The Beckham clan – bar Brooklyn – are currently enjoying a luxury holiday around the Amalfi coast in southern Italy on the family’s £16million yacht.During their beach day, the former footballer took notes from his estranged photographer son Brooklyn, 27, by catching all the best angles of Posh.David succumbed to becoming an Instagram husband as he crouched down and captured Victoria posing on the rocks. Meanwhile, the fashion designer looked effortlessly stylish in a semi-sheer black sundress as she pouted for photos.David, 51,…

A sweet back-to-school photo can be more vulnerable to manipulation in the age of artificial intelligence, with bad actors getting their hands on AI-enabled apps that let them take an innocent photo and sexualize it — all that’s required is a photo of someone even fully clothed.So-called “nudify apps” use AI-generated software to turn photographs of people wearing clothing into naked or pornographic images with just a few swipes on a screen. Artificial intelligence has enabled the rapid rise of such tools, capable of digitally manipulating photos with little effort. Roughly half of U.S. teens say they’ve seen AI-generated pornography, according…