Texas Education Agency investigators recommended placing North East Independent School District under a state-appointed conservator after concluding the district did not comply with state requirements on student cell phone restrictions, according to a final report released Friday.
Texas health officials have extended access to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunizations for infants and young children through the end of April due to sustained infection levels across the state, according to state and medical authorities.
Filipino girl group BINI performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, becoming the first P-pop and OPM act to appear at the event during its 2026 edition.
At the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the girl group Katseye and the fictional group Huntr/x from “KPop Demon Hunters” performed together on stage with singers EJAE, Rei Ami, and Audrey Nuna during Katseye’s set at the Sahara stage.
Actor Eric Quizon said he is working on a proposed biographical film about his father, comedian Dolphy, focusing on the final weeks before the veteran actor’s death in 2012.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will ensure the Strait of Hormuz remains open and identified preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon as the primary objective in ongoing peace talks.
A NASA spacecraft carrying four astronauts splashed down Friday off the California coast, completing the agency’s first crewed lunar flyby mission in more than 50 years and concluding a test flight of the Artemis II program.
The Department of Energy said Saturday that the Philippine government has received more than 300,000 barrels of diesel from Malaysia as part of its effort to build fuel reserves amid the ongoing Middle East crisis.
A Texas House committee voted Friday to impose nearly $422,000 in financial penalties on more than 50 Democratic lawmakers who left the state in August to block a congressional redistricting plan, enforcing fines and reimbursement costs after determining the members were absent without leave.
The Gilas Pilipinas women’s 3×3 basketball team will compete in the FIBA 3×3 World Cup Qualifier this weekend after winning a silver medal at the FIBA 3×3 Asia Cup.