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Epic tales and star power: How Tollywood is reshaping Indian cinema 11/28/2025 04:07am • HYDERABAD, India (AP) — A fast-rising parallel film industry in India is competing with Bollywood's musicals and action-packed films and has taken the world by storm: It’s called Tollywood. As Mumbai is to Hindi films — or Bollywood — the southern Indian city of Hyderabad is to movies made i Deposed Guinea-Bissau President Embaló arrives in neighboring Senegal as soldiers name junta leader 11/27/2025 06:14pm • BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced a new junta leader, cementing a forceful takeover of power that began after this week's disputed presidential election and led to deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló departing for neighboring Senegal. The military hig Girls flag football is finally catching on. Florida high schools were 20 years early 11/27/2025 05:44pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For Alicia and Taylor Jones, whether they would play football in high school was never really a question. When the identical twins stepped foot onto the football field as freshmen in 2023, they became the fourth and fifth daughters in their family to carry on the family traditio Data Doctors: Beginner's guide to using AI apps 11/27/2025 03:31pm • Q: I’d like to get an AI app on my phone and learn to use it. Any suggestions? A: If you’ve been thinking about installing an AI app but aren’t sure where to start, you’re not alone. Artificial Intelligence sounds complicated, but using it doesn’t require advanced technical skills. A Scientists capture the crackling sounds of what they believe is lightning on Mars 11/27/2025 02:34pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have detected what they believe to be lightning on Mars by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover. The crackling of electrical discharges was captured by a microphone on the rover, a French-led team reported Wednesday. The re Less than 3 weeks after cancer surgery, Broncos' Alex Singleton is back in the game 11/27/2025 01:35pm • ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Alex Singleton is playing football again less than three weeks after undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous testicular tumor that he feared would spell the end of his NFL career. Denver's leading tackler aims to play at Washington (3-8) this weekend when the Broncos (9-2) European Space Agency boosts budget to catch up in space race 11/27/2025 12:04pm • BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency said Thursday it would increase its budget for the next three years to almost 22.1 billion euros ($25.6 billion). Ahead of two-day agency conference starting Thursday in the German city of Bremen, ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher had expressed concern Things to do in the DC area: Winter Wonderfest at Nationals Park, film festival … and more! 11/27/2025 11:50am • Those looking for a holiday paradise should keep an eye on this winter carnival that is on its way to D.C. The inaugural Winter Wonderfest at Nationals Park opens Friday and runs on select dates through Dec. 30. The experience hosts a variety of activities, including a 100-foot tubing slide, a wi Drone attack on a northern Iraq gas field triggers widespread power outages 11/27/2025 11:50am • ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — A drone attack forced a complete shutdown of gas supplies at a natural gas field in northern Iraq, triggering widespread electricity outages across northern regions and prompting urgent condemnation from Iraqi, Kurdish, and U.S. officials. The strike late on Wednesday, the seco USA Basketball is set to open World Cup qualifying in Nicaragua, and Brandon Knight can't wait 11/27/2025 11:50am • CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Brandon Knight still holds out hope of returning to the NBA. He’s hoping that wearing USA across his chest for the next few days gets him closer to that goal. Knight is one of the 12 players that USA Basketball took to Nicaragua this week for the start of qualifying for Missouri locks in Eli Drinkwitz with six-year, $10.75 million annual contract through 2031 season 11/27/2025 11:33am • Missouri and Eli Drinkwitz have agreed to a six-year contract that will push the football coach's average compensation to $10.75 million annually and likely end any speculation that he could leave for one of the high-profile job openings elsewhere. The new contract was announced Thursday, one day af Putin sees US peace plan as a starting point as he warns Ukraine's army to withdraw 11/27/2025 11:11am • U.S. proposals to end the war between Russia and Ukraine offer a starting point for talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, as he told Ukrainian forces to pull back or be overrun by Russia’s bigger army. “We need to sit down and discuss this seriously,” Putin told reporters at t Guinea-Bissau marks another coup in Africa. Here is a look at other military takeovers 11/27/2025 10:38am • LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Guinea-Bissau has joined a growing list of African countries where military officers have seized power since 2020. A few hours after gunshots were heard near the presidential office on Wednesday, a group of military officers appeared on state television saying they had seized French president unveils new military program for volunteers aged 18 and 19 11/27/2025 10:22am • VARCES, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday unveiled a new program meant to bolster France’s armed forces by training thousands of volunteers aged 18 and 19 starting next year, part of a broader response to concerns over Russia’s threat to European nations beyond the war in Ukr James Jones was a player, then a GM and now he's seeing the NBA through a different lens 11/27/2025 09:56am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There’s 3:42 left in the fourth quarter of an Orlando vs. Golden State game. Magic guard Jalen Suggs and Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III are bouncing off each other, jostling for rebound position underneath one of the baskets. Suggs winds up on the floor, and tempers are c