Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! No, it’s not your imagination — Western style is back in fierce fashion. Items like Western boots, fringe accessories, bootcut jeans and prairie-style dresses have been showing up everywhere, and designers are clearly paying attention. In fact, Old Navy even launched a full Boho Western Edit, and it’s a refined, wearable curation that’s perfect for women over 40. If you want to lean into the elegant, equestrian‑inspired vibe, peruse Old Navy’s boho Western collection. You’ll discover prairie maxi dresses, slimming…

All among the living and undead know Count Dracula. But vampires have a long and more established pedigree than readers of Bram Stoker may recognize. These bloodsuckers have even made their ways to American shores. In his new book, “Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire” (Running Press), Aaron Mahnke starts with the “vampire panic” of Rhode Island in the 1890s — which appears to have inspired Stoker — before diving deep into the historic and folkloric past. Mahnke takes us to backwaters across the globe. Among the most intriguing is the town of Kisiljevo, where more than 150…

July 25, 2026 — 11:59pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAABy Andrew BrooksTry our Mini CrosswordTen clues. Twenty-five squares. How quickly can you solve this bite-sized puzzle? Track your win streaks and challenge family and friends by sharing your results.Premium subscribers to The Age can play the Mini Crossword (and all our puzzles, including Target Time) here, and premium subscribers to The Sydney Morning Herald can play them here.SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.From our partners Read the full…

Devout Big Brother superfan and Unlocked cohost Jerry O’Connell has a lot of opinions about Rome Seymour and Lyric Medeiros’ romance following the pickleball coach’s recent eviction. “These two were together for hours, and they were already dropping love bombs,” O’Connell, 52, exclusively tells Us ahead of the new episode of Big Brother: Unlocked on Friday, July 24. “This guy was dropping an L-bomb. I think 12 hours into their relationship.” In addition to Rome and Lyric quickly developing strong feelings for each other, O’Connell was enthralled by the couple’s intimate conversations — and cuddles — that took place on…

The federal government says it received more than 21,000 emails on proposed changes to how major projects are reviewed and will spend the coming weeks combing over those submissions. A window for public feedback on the proposed changes closed Wednesday. The government said it will publish a report summarizing the submissions by the end of the summer.A spokesperson for the Privy Council Office — which oversees the major projects office — said that while officials are still compiling the feedback, as of July 17 the government had received 187 written submissions from stakeholders. They included Indigenous and environmental groups, think…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAASeventeen of western Sydney’s tallest, oldest and weirdest buildings will be opened to the public next month as part of a major expansion of the Sydney Open series.Parramatta Open will unlock access to a variety of spaces across the city, including Australia’s oldest remaining public building, Old Government House.Constructed from as early as 1799 in the middle of Parramatta Park (then a private domain), the building was used as a country residence by some of the earliest governors of the colony of NSW. Old…

Jennifer Lopez is celebrating her 57th birthday with some words of wisdom. Taking to Instagram on Friday, July 24, the “Love Don’t Cost a Thing” singer commemorated her special day by posting a video of herself riding in a car with the windows down as the sun shined on her and the wind gently blew across her hair. JLo chose a reading of Theodore Roosevelt’s poignant 1910 speech, “The Man in the Arena” as the audio to accompany the post. “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where…

MISSISSIPPI – A United Cajun Navy leader who helped search for Nolan Wells says the water around where the teen was found is notorious for deadly “washing machine” currents, and water conditions the day he vanished were far from ideal. Wells, 18, disappeared July 4 after a boat trip with friends to Horn Island, a barrier island off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. A National Park Service ranger found his remains on the island’s northwestern tip two days later, on July 6, after crews searched the area. Wells’ friends returned to the mainland that afternoon without him. Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter has said investigators believe…

Published on 25/07/2026 – 11:33 GMT+2•Updated 11:40 Romanian authorities said a second drone has been shot down over Romanian airspace in less than 24 hours. The drone was intercepted by an F-16 fighter jet at around at 8:30 am on Saturday morning, roughly 10 km west of the village of Sfântu Gheorghe in the eastern part of the country, Romanian President Nicușor Dan said. According to the Romanian Defence Ministry, radar systems had earlier picked up a drone “operating in the vicinity of the Ukrainian border.” Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to identify and intercept the target, with the…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIt’s astonishing that Australia still doesn’t have a proper solar panel recycling industry (“Solar panel recycling plan in limbo”, July 19). According to UNSW Sydney solar experts, up to 95 per cent of the materials in panels, including silicon and aluminium can be recovered. The Productivity Commission estimates that reusing these materials could deliver more than $7 billion in economic benefits. Letting those assets go to waste makes no sense. The wider recycling picture is just as troubling. Our national recovery rate sits at…

Text messages between D4vd and Celeste Rivas Hernandez, the 14-year-old he is accused of murdering, show the teenager had been pregnant and had an abortion a year prior to her death. The text exchanges between D4vd (whose legal name is David Anthony Burke) and Rivas Hernandez took place in 2024, the year before her body was found in an impounded Tesla registered to the singer in September 2025. According to multiple media reports, the texts were shown on Friday, July 24 during a court hearing for a judge to determine if the singer, 21, should go on trial for her…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! When Eva Benefield’s uncle Dave called with “some really bad news,” she thought of one person.”She killed him, didn’t she?” Benefield recalled asking before her uncle confirmed that her father, Doug Benefield, had been fatally shot.Benefield said she instantly suspected her stepmother, former ballerina Ashley Benefield.’BLACK SWAN’ MURDER: SLAIN DAD’S DAUGHTER RIPS KILLER BALLERINA STEPMOM AT SENTENCING “At that point, I knew about the countless allegations she had made against my dad,” Benefield, who has documented her father’s case on TikTok, told Fox News Digital.”There was something about her that made her…

They’re dolling up the trans agenda — and taxpayers are footing the bill. “First-of-their-kind” transgender dolls — complete with removable genitalia — will debut in some Minnesota classrooms this fall to kids as young as 4 years old. The paper dolls, with gender-neutral names like “Sam,” “Rory,” “Avery” and “Parker,” have removable internal and external genitals, along with more than 100 interchangeable pieces of clothing, accessories and hairstyles — like a trans Mr./Mrs. Potato Head. The goal is for kids to “learn about the different options that exist for who they can be,” according to a therapist at the University…

Tensions in the Middle East are on the rise again, as Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched attacks against Saudi Arabia. According to Greek military sources, one of the attacks targeted a major refinery installation in the Yanbu area. The Greek Patriot missile battery deployed there as part of the Hellenic Force in Saudi Arabia intercepted the attack, which was launched from Yemeni territory. The Greek battery later also shot down a drone approaching from Yemen. The battery is part of the “Integrated Air Missile Defense Concept” initiative, aimed at supporting Saudi Arabia’s air defences. Houthi retaliation Earlier, Yemen’s Houthi…

SaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAIn Melbourne’s inner west, battle lines are being drawn on the relics of a suburb’s hard-fought history.On one side is a co-ordinated campaign by a group of community members, rolling out corflutes, running their own consultation, and demanding collaboration on the future of a once-in-a-generation development in Footscray.Reimagining Old Footscray Hospital group members (from left) Pierre Vairo, Ben Renick, Fletcher Bubb, Anne Jacobs and Colleen Hartland are pushing for a collaborative approach to the site’s future.Eddie JimOn the other is the state government, sticklers…