WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jose Altuve smashed a three-run home run in the ninth inning to deliver defending champion Houston a dramatic 5-4 comeback victory over Texas on Friday, Oct. 20, in the Major League Baseball playoffs. Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros bunts against the Texas Rangers during the...
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Jose Altuve smashed a homer and Yordan Alvarez drove in two runs to lead the defending champion Houston Astros over the Texas Rangers, 8-5, on Wednesday, Oct. 18, in the Major League Baseball playoffs. Kyle Tucker and Mauricio Dubon of the Houston Astros celebrate with Jose...
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -- The Texas Rangers held off a ferocious late rally from the defending champion Houston Astros to claim a 5-4 victory and snatch a commanding 2-0 series lead in the Major League Baseball playoffs on Monday, Oct. 16. The Texas Rangers celebrate after defeating the Houston Astros...
An American company is planning to invest up to $1 billion for the expansion of its Clark and Baguio City facilities in the country, Malacañang announced. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) American microprocessors manufacturer Texas Instruments...
HOUSTON, United States -- A "horrific" explosion and fire at a dairy farm in the southern US state of Texas killed about 18,000 head of cattle and injured one agricultural worker, authorities said on Thursday. "This was the deadliest barn fire for cattle in Texas history and the investigation and...
PRAY (Unsplash) Pope Francis appointed Filipino prelate Monsignor Anthony Celino as auxiliary bishop of the U.S. diocese of El Paso in Texas. The announcement of Celino's appointment was announced by the Vatican on Wednesday, Feb. 8, the news arm of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the...
The little but abundant garden of Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson and Chaz Anderson. (Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson) In East Tawakoni, Texas, there lives a Filipina with a backyard garden full of flowers, fruits, and Filipino vegetables. 34-year-old Mia Pettyjohn-Anderson, along with her American husband Chaz...
HOUSTON, United States -- It was a rescue worthy of Batman. A wave of frigid air triggered "hypothermic shock" in a colony of bats clinging to their roost beneath a bridge in Houston, a sprawling city in Texas. Nearly frozen, the bats began losing their grip and falling to the pavement from nine...
SAN ANTONIO, United States -- Texas residents gathered under a scorching sun Wednesday to mourn the 53 migrants who died this week after they were abandoned in a trailer in soaring temperatures, leaving tokens of flowers, candles and bottles of water. SAN ANTONIO, TX - JUNE 27: In this aerial view,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- An 11-year-old girl told horrified lawmakers Wednesday of smearing herself in her murdered classmate's blood to play dead during the most chilling in a spate of gun massacres that have convulsed the United States. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 8: Miah Cerrillo, a survivor of...
HOUSTON, United States – A 13-year-old boy was driving a pickup truck that collided with a van carrying a college golf team in west Texas, killing nine people, officials said Thursday. Six members of the New Mexico-based University of the Southwest golf team were killed in Tuesday night's...
WASHINGTON, United States – A Texas judge on Friday blocked investigations into the parents of transgender minors, halting for the time being a controversial directive by the southern US state's governor. "Victory," the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in Texas said on Twitter. "A judge...
