3 killed in Navajo Nation flood include 7-year-old preparing for her birthday

September 21, 2026

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three generations of a Navajo family were heading home from picking up supplies for an 8th birthday party when their truck got stuck in mud as storms with heavy rain rolled through the area. Kalisi Begay opted to walk home while her mother and 7-year-old daughter stayed behind. The water rose quickly. Soon the grandmother and granddaughter, along with a friend they had called for help, were swept away in the floodwaters while trying to cross a wash. Elsie Begay, her granddaughter Lucy Allison Mike, and Begay’s best friend Dora Franklin died in the flood ...

What to stream: ‘A Different World,’ ‘Toy Story 5’ and Kenny Chesney

September 21, 2026

The Disney+ debut of “Toy Story 5” and a new album from Kenny Chesney are some of the new television shows, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: ...

Hydroplane, 1932

September 21, 2026

AP Photo A pontoon hydroplane, a type of safety boat, invented by Simeon Lake, noted submarine expert, is pictured as it had its test at Milford, Connecticut on Sept. 21, 1932. The boat had three point contacts in the pontoons which were synchronized, the rear pontoon acting as a rudder. It ...

Denmark’s leaders are cautiously optimistic about Trump’s announcement of a Greenland deal

September 21, 2026

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's government was cautiously optimistic on Saturday following Donald Trump's announcement of a deal on Greenland to bolster U.S. military presence there but keep the island under Danish control, after months of threats by the U.S. president to seize the semiautonomous territory of a NATO ally. The Arctic island's top leaders echoed that stance and said the deal, which has not yet been made public, was long in coming. U.S., Greenlandic and Danish officials had quietly negotiated for months behind the scenes, searching for solutions to address some ...

There’s one issue where Republicans and Democrats are unified before the midterms, a new poll finds

September 21, 2026

On the way home from a recent trip, Eriech Tapia drove past a sea of dark industrial buildings lining an already jam-packed northern Virginia road: data centers. “It was interesting to see how many were going up,” said Tapia, a 30-year-old Republican from Arlington, Virginia, who works ...

Alaskans will decide fate of ranked choice voting system after chaotic end to state’s primary

September 21, 2026

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Even after the last votes were counted from Alaska’s primary election, the final slate of candidates was far from settled. Late withdrawals shook up the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, leaving many voters upset with candidates who dropped out after winning a spot in November’s general election or cursing others who stayed in. Some were quick to blame the upheaval on Alaska’s unique elections system that combines open primaries, where the top four vote-getters advance, with general elections run under a ranked choice system. The August ...